From 7c1133fe4559da6bed3bb916660f5b408ffa4705 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arch Librarian Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:55:20 +0000 Subject: package name lister in apt-cache Author: jgg Date: 1999-12-09 07:32:45 GMT package name lister in apt-cache --- doc/apt-cache.8.yo | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/apt-cache.8.yo') diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.yo b/doc/apt-cache.8.yo index 2100dd727..cf0a11691 100644 --- a/doc/apt-cache.8.yo +++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.yo @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ itemize( it() search it() show it() showpkg + it() depends + it() pkgnames ) Unless the -h, or --help option is given one of the above commands @@ -158,6 +160,12 @@ dit(bf(depends)) bf(depends) shows a listing of each dependency a package has and all the possible other packages that can fullfill that dependency. +dit(bf(pkgnames)) +This command prints the name of each package in the system. The optional +argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable +for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated extremly +quickly. This command is best used with the bf(--no-generate) option. + enddit() manpageoptions() @@ -209,7 +217,11 @@ Configuration Item: bf(APT::Cache::NoGenerate). dit(bf(--names-only)) Only search on the package names, not the long description. -Configuration Item: bf(APT::Cache::Names-Only). +Configuration Item: bf(APT::Cache::NamesOnly). + +dit(bf(--all-names)) +Make bf(pkgnames) print all names, including virtual packages and missing +dependencies. Configuration Item: bf(APT::Cache::AllNames). dit(bf(-c, --config-file)) Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. bf(apt-get) will -- cgit v1.2.3