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[Emil Oppeln-Bronikowski]

Stroller wrote:

> What is the Ubuntu equivalent of `emerge --search` (or of `esearch`, the 
> indexed search tool), please?

  apt-cache search what_to_search
  apt-get install whatever_you_ve_found


> I find that I can search in `dselect` using the "/" key, but this 

  Don't use dselect. It hurts.

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