LinuxCommandLibrary

axi-cache

query the Apt Xapian Index

SYNOPSIS

axi-cache [options] command [args]

DESCRIPTION

Query the Apt Xapian index.

Commands:

search commands:

axi-cache again [query]

repeat the last search, possibly adding query terms

axi-cache help

show a summary of commands

axi-cache info

print information about the apt-xapian-index environment

axi-cache last [count]

show the last results again

axi-cache more [count]

show more terms from the last search

axi-cache rdetails pkgname[s]

show details of reverse relationships for the given packages

axi-cache search [terms]

start a new search

apt-cache front-ends:

axi-cache depends pkgname[s]

run apt-cache depends pkgname[s]

axi-cache madison pkgname[s]

run apt-cache madison pkgname[s]

axi-cache policy pkgname[s]

run apt-cache policy pkgname[s]

axi-cache rdepends pkgname[s]

run apt-cache rdepends pkgname[s]

axi-cache show pkgname[s]

run apt-cache show pkgname[s]

axi-cache showpkg pkgname[s]

run apt-cache showpkg pkgname[s]

axi-cache showsrc pkgname[s]

run apt-cache showsrc pkgname[s]

OPTIONS

--version

show program’s version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-s SORT, --sort=SORT

sort by the given value, as listed in /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/values. Add a ’-’ to reverse sort order

--tags

show matching tags, rather than packages

--tabcomplete=TYPE

suggest words for tab completion of the current command line (type is ’plain’ or ’partial’)

--last

use ’show --last’ to limit tab completion to only the packages from the last search results

--all

disable pagination and always show all results. Note that search results are normally sorted by relevance, so you may find meaningless results at the end of the output

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