[PlanetCCRMA] how can I list available packages?

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 16:44 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 January 2006 15:52, Roman Katzer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > how can I list pacgakes available through apt?
> > There doesn't seem to be a command comparable to "yum list".
> >
> > I was looking for the correct package name for X11 developer libraries
> > to use with apt-get. Turns out it's xorg-x11-devel, but how do I find
> > something like that _quickly_?
> >
> > Roman
> 
> Hi Roman. Synaptic the GUI for apt-get should solve your problems.
> apt-get install synaptic
> If you want the alphabetical list to display on it, you will have to change 
> the "View" on it's main menu to "Flat List". Nigel.

Or, from the command line use "apt-cache", see "man apt-cache" for
details...

-- Fernando