You may also want to run the results through a more, or even a grep.įor instance: apt-cache search firefox | grep pluginĪpt list is how I recommend searching for packages. To find and list down all the packages starting with ‘vsftpd‘, youĬould use the following command.
The possible output would be: vsftpd - lightweight, efficient FTP server written for securityįtpd - File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server Let’s say you would like to find out description of package ‘vsftpd‘, then command would be. Using “search” with apt-cache will display a list of matched packages with short description. To find out the package name and with it description before installing, use the ‘search‘ flag.
What available packages are ready for installation on Debian or Ubuntu Packages, collects information of packages and also used to search for In simple words, this tool is used to search software The apt-cache command line tool is used for searching apt software
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