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    HOWTO: Search your apt-cache with Konqueror

    This ability is just way to cool! 8)

    Discovered a handy function in Konqueror that you get when you type apt:/ in the URL line. This works if you have the kio-apt package installed.

    kio-apt

    an apt-cache ioslave for KDE

    kio-apt is an ioslave which provides the apt:/ protocol. It integrates apt-cache functionalities into Konqueror, making browsing the packages easier. It provides:

    - apt-cache search: apt:/search?expression
    - apt-cache show: apt:/show?package . The show? target prints the policy too.
    - apt-cache policy: apt:/policy?package
    It's pretty cool!
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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    Re: HOWTO: Search your apt-cache with Konqueror

    And, unfortunately, this 'feature' appears not to work in KDE 4.1. I've installed kio-apt and restarted/rebooted, but Konqueror complains "Protocol not supported apt" Seems that a version for KDE4 has yet to be written.
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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