Searching for packages...

albi at scii.nl albi at scii.nl
Thu May 12 00:31:32 UTC 2005


On Thu, 12 May 2005 00:50:18 +0100
Stroller <Linux.Luser at myrealbox.com> wrote:

> What I don't seem to be able to find is a way to search apt-get's 
> database for the stuff I want to install. For instance, one of the 
> first things I went to install was `sshd`, and I didn't know the right
>  name for the package. I'd already uncommented all the entries in 
> /etc/apt/sources/list, but `apt-get install sshd` wasn't doing it, and
>  I had to Google on the name of the package. I had a similar problem 
> finding kernel sources / headers, which I needed for installing the 
> driver for my wireless card.

apt-cache search ssh





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