Per cercare i pacchetti disponibili in ubuntu da terminale si possono utilizzare il comando
apt-cache
che consente di esplorare di cache di apt-get.
La cache viene aggiornata con il comando apt-get update.
Ad esempio per cercare i pacchetti disponibili per chrome
apt-get cache chrom
root@149f68ace724:/# apt-cache search chrom
unity-scope-chromiumbookmarks - Chromium bookmarks scope for Unity
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome - X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-dbg - X.Org X server -- VIA display driver -- debugging symbols
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-quantal - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-quantal-dbg - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-dbg
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-raring - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-raring-dbg - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-dbg
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-saucy - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-saucy-dbg - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-dbg
cgpt - GPT manipulation tool with support for Chromium OS extensions
chromium-browser-dbg - chromium-browser debug symbols
chromium-bsu - fast paced, arcade-style, scrolling space shooter
chromium-bsu-data - data pack for the Chromium B.S.U. game
chromium-chromedriver - WebDriver driver for the Chromium Browser
chromium-chromedriver-dbg - chromium-chromedriver debug symbols
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-dbg - chromium-codecs-ffmpeg debug symbols
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-dbg - chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra debug symbols
gstreamer0.10-chromaprint - GStreamer plugin for calculating audio fingerprints
kde-icons-mono - monochromatic icons theme
libchromaprint-dev - audio fingerprinting library - development files
libchromaprint-tools - audio fingerprinting library - tools
libchromaprint0 - audio fingerprint library
minidjvu - Monochrome DjVu multipage encoder, single page encoder/decoder
python-acoustid - Acoustid interface implementation and Chromaprint bindings
r-cran-dichromat - Color schemes for dichromats
unity-chromium-extension - Unity WebApp extension for the chromium browser
vboot-kernel-utils - Chrome OS verified boot utils required to sign kernels
vboot-utils - Chrome OS verified boot utils
webaccounts-chromium-extension - Ubuntu Online Accounts extension for chromium
oxideqt-chromedriver - Web browser engine library for Qt (chromedriver build)
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-trusty - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-trusty-dbg - Transitional package for xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-dbg
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-utopic - X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-utopic-dbg - X.Org X server -- VIA display driver -- debugging symbols
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-vivid - X.Org X server -- VIA display driver
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-vivid-dbg - X.Org X server -- VIA display driver -- debugging symbols
chromium-browser - Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome
chromium-browser-l10n - chromium-browser language packages
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg - Free ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra - Extra ffmpeg codecs for the Chromium Browser
apt-get ( advanced packagind tool è il gestore dei pacchetti standard della distribuzione Debian e anche della derivata Ubuntu
Per ottenere dettagli su un pacchetto utilizzare il comando
apt-cache policy chromium-browser
dettagli
root@149f68ace724:/# apt-cache policy chromium-browser
chromium-browser:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106
Version table:
47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
volendo e possibile utilizzare anche il comando aptitude installare di debian
aptitude search <nome-pacchetto>
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