New Kubuntu User

[Alexander Smirnov]

Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> Hi,
> I am reading https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux/%20RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAndFedora
> but still am a bit confused on a few tasks. In RHEL, if I do a # yum list \*ldap\*
> I get every package name that has ldap returned in the form such that I can copy
> any one of those and do a # yum install <...> and it fetches it. Is the only way to
> do this in Kubuntu by # apt-cache dumpavail and then grepping for "Package:" + <search string>?
> Or is there a cleaner way to do this?
>   

Hello,

try
apt-cache search <search string>

for example
% apt-cache search poker
jpoker - Javascript poker client
libpoker-eval - poker hand evaluator library
libpoker-eval-dev - poker hand evaluator library development files
poker-web - Web interface to a poker-network server
pokerth - Texas hold'em game
python-poker-engine - multiplayer poker engine with abstract variants 
specifications
python-poker-network - multiplayer poker server and client library
python-poker2d - GTK poker client to play on a poker-network server
python-pypoker-eval - python interface to poker hand evaluator library 
development files
sillypoker - A poker game
gnome-games - games for the GNOME desktop
kpoker - KDE based Poker clone

you can install one or several packages by issuing
% apt-get install pokerth sillypoker

good luck!