axi-cache

Search package descriptions

$ axi-cache search [keyword]

$ axi-cache searchpkg [package-name]

$ axi-cache show [package-name]

$ axi-cache searchfile [/usr/bin/command]

axi-cache command [options] query

axi-cache is a fast package search tool for Debian-based systems using the apt-xapian-index. It provides quick searching of package names, descriptions, and file contents using a pre-built index.
The tool is significantly faster than apt-cache for full-text searches.

search term

Search package names and descriptions

Search package names only

Show package information

Find package containing file

Find similar packages

Show package policy

- Indexed full-text search
- File content searching
- Package similarity detection
- Fast query response
- Relevance ranking

Requires apt-xapian-index installed and updated. Index must be rebuilt to reflect new packages. Less accurate than apt-file for file searches. Not available on all Debian-based distributions.

axi-cache was developed as part of the apt-xapian-index project by Enrico Zini around 2007 to provide faster package searching using Xapian full-text search engine.

apt-cache(1), apt-file(1), aptitude(8)