On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 20:56, Brian Johnson wrote: > perhaps an apt-get or yum install example would show that this is fairly easy > > unfortunately, I don't know the package names .. it would be better if there was a > way to browse a apt-get or yum repository for package names/descriptions > > Maybe there is and I just don't know it .. yet > For browsing/searching I like to use synaptic. Also, although it won't give you a description, look at: /var/cache/yum/<repository name>/header.info if you just want to see what packages are available. Phil
