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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Which packagename to use?
From:       Tom Wesley <tawesley () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2003-12-25 10:03:49
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On Thu, 2003-12-25 at 09:37, Gerhard W.Gruber wrote:
> Is there somewhere a list of package names with a description? I know that on
> the website there is something like that, but it is not really usefull.
> 
> What I would like have is a textfile where I can easily browse through, i.e.
> when I look for some sound editing software to know which packagename I have
> to use to install it. For the more well know packages it is easy (i.e. emerge
> xfree), but a comprehending list would be very usefull. I tried to create a
> list from the ebuilds on my system, but that didn't work out as I expected.
> Obviously giving the name of an ebuild doesn't work.

Have you tried emerge -s?

Also, you can browse /usr/portage/ to see what is available.

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Tom Wesley

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