[PlanetCCRMA] how can I list available packages?

[pirrone at localnet.com]

Quoting Roman Katzer <klangmeister at googlemail.com>:

> 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
>
Two things Roman, apt-cache dumpavail and synaptic search
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