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k9dog
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 Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 12:33 pm Post subject: Package desciption |
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| Can't believe I can't find it or see a question for it anywhere. I am sure it is just in front of my eyes. I know "emerge -S" search for descriptiond. Think the ebuild holds description, but no idea how to query s description (no equery doesn't seem to do it). so could do a fgrep DESCRIPTION /var/db/repos/gentoo/<atom> or google it each time I want to know what package does. Surely there is a better way besides putting it in a personal script or alias !? |
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fturco
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What about the following command?
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mike155
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You want the description of a package? Try
The command will print available versions, USE flags, last installation time, and the description.
Example:
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Goverp
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If you want to search package descriptions for <foo>
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