Installing bootsplash with hoary

Jason Voegele jason at jvoegele.com
Fri Aug 5 13:12:11 UTC 2005


On Fri, August 5, 2005 8:11 am, Marc Wiriadisastra said:
> marc at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-cache search libc6
> Password:
> apt - Advanced front-end for dpkg
[snip]

FYI, you don't need root privileges to search with apt-cache, as it
requires only read access to the package database.

Also, if you find yourself searching the package list frequently, I
suggest you look into aptitude for searching.  It's got a much more
powerful search command.  Read the section called "Search Patterns" in
/usr/share/doc/aptitude/README (begins on line 1784) for an overview.

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Jason Voegele
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