A debian specific question

[jim grimsby]

Hi, to search for a package or a package with a word in it type the
following apt-cache search what ever you are searching for 
Replace what ever you are searching for with the text you are looking
for.  An example might look like this.  
Apt-cache search speech 
Hth 

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Sean McMahon
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:18 AM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: A debian specific question


Lets say for example I wanted to search for the package containing the
nice command David B posted about.  Is there a way to do this with apt?
I want the search to include something which may be part of another
package not a single package itself.


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