Examples of using Apt-cache in English and their translations into German
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Apt-cache search lzo shows us a few options….
Starting with Debian Jessie, some frequently used apt-get and apt-cache commands have an equivalent via the new apt binary.
Apt-cache policy package gives information about the selection process.
Another very useful command in the APT-system is apt-cache; it searches the APT-Database and shows information on packages; e. g.
Apt-cache showsrc is not documented as of the Woody release but works.
Having become very used to Ubuntu and apt-get'ting software that I'm looking for,I found argus-server and argus-client listed in my apt-cache and installed.
Apt-cache and axi-cache are the tools of choice for this kind of search;
Debian based systems- package management is relatively easy from the gui or cli-apt-get can install or remove software- apt-cache can search the database of software no need for root privileges to search.
Apt-cache search can help you deal with error messages from a compile/build.
Do not hesitate to use apt-cache policy(see sidebar TIP apt-cache policy) to verify the given priorities.
Apt-cache offers a standard regex based search on the package name and description.
Apt-get, apt-cache, and apt-cdrom are the command-line tools for handling packages.
Apt-cache pkgnames displays the list of all the packages which appear at least once in the cache.
Another example is apt-cache dumpavail which displays the headers of all available versions of all packages.
Apt-cache madison< package_name> show available version, archive information of a package.
Update dpkg's database of known packages avail='mktemp' apt-cache dumpavail>"$avail" dpkg--merge-avail"$avail" rm-f"$avail" Update dpkg's selections dpkg--set-selections< pkg-list Ask apt-get to install the selected packages apt-get dselect-upgrade The first commands records the list of available packages in the dpkg database, then dpkg--set-selections restores the selection of packages that you wish to install, and the apt-get invocation executes the required operations!
Apt-cache does not manipulate the state of the system but does provide operations to search and generate interesting output from the package metadata.
NOTE: Use apt-cache search nvidia and apt-cache show< package> to ascertain the correct driver for you.
Apt-cache only allows searching in package names and descriptions, which is very convenient when looking for a particular package that matches a few target keywords;