[geeks] UNIX-like OS for a laptop [solved, for now, I think]

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 07:35:37AM -0700, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> Anyone know where they keep the list of installable package names?
> "postfix" I could guess, but stuff like "netkit-inet" is pretty hard to
> figure out from scratch.

I've never been able to figure it out. I do:

	apt-get install "<package name string>~"

	the squiggle being a wild card wich makes it equivalent to *string*

and then answer no when it asks me permission to install 50 packages. :-)

Geoff.
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