Re: Debian Install Help Please!

I demand that anahata may or may not have written...

[snip]
> WRT an earlier remark about apt:

> apt-cache <string>
> will search the entire package repository for package descriptions
> matching the string

apt-cache search SEARCH_TERM...
aptitude search SEARCH_TERM...

> apt-cache <package-name>
> will tell you more about the package

apt-cache show PACKAGE...
aptitude show PACKAGE...

[snip]
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