cool debian tools
A few of us, Debian veterans, started naming off cool tools and tricks on IRC for the benefit of a newbie. One person suggested to put this list up somewhere... so here goes: apt-file - APT package searching utility -- command-line interface auto-apt - package search by file and on-demand package installation tool apt-show-versions - Lists available package versions with distribution cron-apt - Automatic update of packages using apt deborphan - Find orphaned libraries apt-listchanges - Display new Debian changelog entries from .deb archives apt-spy - writes a sources.list file based on bandwidth tests dpkg-repack - generates a .deb from an installed package Tools for keeners and developers:
first post!
I’ve just finished coding up this blog script. I wanted something that did not use a database backend, and most importantly could be added to from the command line. The implementation is in PHP and I add entries using vim. The PHP Manual came in very handy. B.