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When searching for the kernel (the package is named "linux") I got like 300 irrelevant packages. I guess it is because it searches in the "Description" column. Can I search in the "Name" column?
Last edited by beroal (2012-05-02 12:49:12)
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Try Kernel as name.
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Try Kernel as name.
Thanks, 100 irrelevant packages. That's better. "linux kernel" gives 40.
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I use a shell function
apkg () { $BROWSER "http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=$*"; }
Compare the default http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=linux with http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=linux
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Thanks for the tip karol!
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$ pacman -Sl {core, extra, community} | grep linux
And of course you don't have to search all three repositories if you know which one you want to look in.
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Thanks, that helps. (Though it searches by equality, not by a substring.)
$ pacman -Sl {core, extra, community} | grep linux
And of course you don't have to search all three repositories if you know which one you want to look in.
Wow, I did not realize that this combination of options makes sense. "-l" shows files in some package, and "-S" synchronizes packages.
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Wow, I did not realize that this combination of options makes sense.
I don't know why would you want to search the way jakobcreutzfeldt suggested if you don't need limiting to certain repos.
What's wrong with
pacman -Ssq | grep linux
?
"-l" shows files in some package,
It does with '-Q'. 'pacman -Sl' lists packages:
$ pacman -Sh
...
-l, --list <repo> view a list of packages in a repo
...
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