[ale] apt question

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Thursday 30 January 2003 03:33 pm, Mazukna, Thomas wrote:
> apt-get update
> aptitude

Hmm.  Installing apt did not install aptitude on my RH system.  Is it a 
separate package?

Speaking of separate packages, synaptic is the standard gui for apt that 
i've seen.   kpackage will also interface with it.  I'm not a big fan of 
either.

Michael

> aptitude will show you the whole list of availbale packages, do search
> and etc....
>
> Tomas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Wells [mailto:jb at sourceillustrated.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 2:56 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] apt question
>
>
> using apt-get, is there a way to query a server and see a list of all
> packages it provides?
>
> Thanks!
>
> John
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