[ale] Knoppix hard disk install - apt sources

[PBoyington at polyengineering.com (Preston Boyington)]

griffisb at bellsouth.net wrote:
>> From: "Preston Boyington" <PBoyington at polyengineering.com>
> 
> Thanks Preston. That worked great. Did the update, now
> kicking off the upgrade. I'll need to pick up a slightly
> nicer monitor (the one I used is an ancient 15" that doesn't
> look so great). Cabling is not the slickest, I just slipped
> it under the baseboard - but it's connecting and working.
> 
> Now to fix the sound and install realplayer. Maybe after vacation.
> 
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you can look up packages with:

apt-cache search foo

where foo is a package name (like "gKrellm") or a package type (like "browser").

you might have to pipe it to less to see all the entries.  (apt-cache search foo | less)

other ways are to install and use Synaptic (graphical apt) or Aptitude (text based apt)

i haven't used these (Synaptic/Aptitude) but hear that they are nice.

preston
(who is trying to figure how many more times he can place parenthesis in an email)