Thread: [Announce] Harmattan repository for packages that need inception
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user/zero is offline user/zero
2012-07-15 , 16:15
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#17
Originally Posted by Extravaganza View Post
Is there a way to search/list packages inside repository, so you don't have to guess what to install?
Code:
apt-cache search <term>
It also searches in the package description.

Code:
apt-cache pkgnames
to list every package available in the repos -> very long output, suggest also using grep.
 

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