[plug] VERY basic debian question

[Trevor Phillips]

Andrew Howell wrote:
> 
> > apt-get install console-apt
> 
> Why not just use apt-cache search foo

'Coz with console-apt you can play ASCII-Tetris while waiting for packages to
download!!
(Although, being at Murdoch, sourcing from Curtin, I'm lucky to get one piece
placed before the download finishes. -_^)

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