Installing bootsplash with hoary

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Fri Aug 5 17:04:32 UTC 2005


Jason Voegele wrote:

> 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.

I'll second that.  I still can't bring myself to use the pseudo-gui
aptitude, but aptitude from the command line is awesome.
-- 
derek





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