How do I find a particular piece of software in the repos?

[Scott Lockwood]

Exactly - you can do the following, also:

scott at test1138:~$ apt-cache showpkg joe
Package: joe
Versions: 
3.1-0.2(/var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.anl.gov_pub_ubuntu_dists_dapper_universe_binary-i386_Packages)

Reverse Depends: 
Dependencies: 
3.1-0.2 - libc6 (2 2.3.2.ds1-4) libncurses5 (2 5.4-1) 
Provides: 
3.1-0.2 - 
Reverse Provides: 


On Sat, 2007-04-28 at 08:35 +1200, Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> The command sudo apt-cache search joe shows the following:
> 
> jamie at Grumpy:~$ sudo apt-cache search joe
> cdrskin - limited cdrecord compatibility wrapper for libburn
> cl-ubf - Common Lisp Universal Binary Format Library
> festvox-suopuhe-lj - Finnish female speaker for Festival
> festvox-suopuhe-mv - Finnish male speaker for festival
> flight-of-the-amazon-queen - a fantasy adventure game
> gidentd - RFC1413 compliant IPv4/IPv6 ident daemon
> jftpgw - Joe's FTP Proxy/Gateway
> joe - user friendly full screen text editor
> jwm - Very small lightweight pure X11 window manager with tray and menus
> mg - microscopic GNU Emacs-style editor
> newbiedoc - Documentation by and for newbies
> amoeba-data - Fast-paced, polished OpenGL demonstration by Excess (data)
> 
> Then a simple sudo apt-get install joe should do the trick, but keep in 
> mind I do have the universe and multiverse repo's enabled.
> 
> Pete Holsberg wrote:
> > I'm look for the "joe" editor. I know I can download the source code 
> > from SourceForge and make it but I'm new to repositories and want to 
> > explore them to the fullest.
> >
> > So how do I find out of joe is in a repo?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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Regards,
Scott Lockwood