apt: Searching for packages

1 · Benjamin Cane · Aug. 24, 2011, 8:32 p.m.
Using the “Advanced Package Tool” aka apt to install utilities is one of the easiest ways to install software in Linux/Unix. Here is an example of searching for packages. Example: madflojo@eee-buntu:~/Downloads$ apt-cache search libcurl3 libcurl3 - Multi-protocol file transfer library (OpenSSL) libcurl3-dbg - libcurl compiled with debug symbols libcurl3-gnutls - Multi-protocol file transfer library (GnuTLS) libcurl3-nss - Multi-protocol file transfer library (NSS) libcurl4-gnutls-dev - Developme...