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Search for a software/package to install using aptitude

 Basic Linux, Debian, Ubuntu  Add comments
Feb 262009
 

Search for a software/package to install using aptitude

Answer:

To search for a software/package to install under Debian/Ubuntu is easy with aptitude

# sudo aptitude search php5-xdebug
i   php5-xdebug                            - Xdebug Module for PHP 5

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