apt search

Use

apt search ascii

What It Does

apt search finds packages by name or description.

It searches configured Debian package repositories. It does not search your files and it does not install anything.

Practice

Use it for discovery on the shared server. Installation is an administrator action.

apt search terminal
apt search '^curl$'

Read package names and descriptions. Then use apt show PACKAGE for detail.

Watch Out

Searching is safe. Installing with sudo is not part of this shared-server course.

Docs Pointers

• Run man apt, then read search.
• Read apt show and package management.