Aptitude-20090627
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These are the commands I used in the presentation (with comments) | These are the commands I used in the presentation (with comments) | ||
| - | + | ===Standard aptitude search=== | |
aptitude search xterm | aptitude search xterm | ||
| - | + | ===Using Aptitude's special search action to search for installed components=== | |
aptitude search ?installed | aptitude search ?installed | ||
| - | + | ===Looking for packages that are installed and match the search query xterm=== | |
aptitude search ?and\\(?installed,xterm\\) | aptitude search ?and\\(?installed,xterm\\) | ||
| - | + | ===Looking for pages that are not installed, and match the search query xterm=== | |
aptitude search ?and\\(\\!?installed,xterm\\) | aptitude search ?and\\(\\!?installed,xterm\\) | ||
| - | + | ===Shows various aspects of any given package (The "Tags" section shows valid tags)=== | |
debtags show xterm | debtags show xterm | ||
| - | + | ===Searching for all apps that have an x11 interface=== | |
aptitude search ?tag\\(interface::x11\\) | aptitude search ?tag\\(interface::x11\\) | ||
| - | + | ===Looking for tags that would be associated with a web browser=== | |
debtags show iceweasel | debtags show iceweasel | ||
| - | + | ===Searching for programs that are both browsers and do not have x11 interfaces=== | |
aptitude search ?and\\(?tag\\(web::browser\\),\\!?tag\\(interface::x11\\)\\) | aptitude search ?and\\(?tag\\(web::browser\\),\\!?tag\\(interface::x11\\)\\) | ||
Current revision as of 05:12, 28 June 2009
This talk was given on June 27th, 2009
These are the commands I used in the presentation (with comments)
Standard aptitude search
aptitude search xterm
Using Aptitude's special search action to search for installed components
aptitude search ?installed
Looking for packages that are installed and match the search query xterm
aptitude search ?and\\(?installed,xterm\\)
Looking for pages that are not installed, and match the search query xterm
aptitude search ?and\\(\\!?installed,xterm\\)
Shows various aspects of any given package (The "Tags" section shows valid tags)
debtags show xterm
Searching for all apps that have an x11 interface
aptitude search ?tag\\(interface::x11\\)
Looking for tags that would be associated with a web browser
debtags show iceweasel
Searching for programs that are both browsers and do not have x11 interfaces
aptitude search ?and\\(?tag\\(web::browser\\),\\!?tag\\(interface::x11\\)\\)
