whohas(1)
NAME
whohas - find packages in various distributions' repositories
SYNTAX
whohas [--no-threads] [--shallow] [--strict] [-d Dist1[,Dist2[,Dist3
etc.]]] pkgname
DESCRIPTION
whohas is a command line tool to query package lists from the Arch,
Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, openSUSE, Slackware (and linuxpackages.net),
Source Mage, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Fink, MacPorts and Opkg
(embedded) distributions.
OPTIONS
- --no-threads
- Don't use multiple threads to query package lists (will be much slower)
- --shallow
- Limit to one call per server. Faster, but loses some information, typically package size and release date.
- --strict
- Return only packages whose name exactly matches pkgname.
- -d Dist1[,Dist2[,Dist3 etc.]]
- Queries only for packages for the listed distributions. Recognised values for Dist1, Dist2, etc. are "archlinux", "debian", "fedora", "fink", "freebsd", "gentoo", "macports", "netbsd", "openbsd", "opensuse", "slackware", "sourcemage", "ubuntu", and "opkg".
- pkgname
- Package name to query for
FILES
whohas uses various files in ~/.whohas to cache package lists for some
distributions.
SEE ALSO
See intro.txt or intro.html notes on using whohas.
AUTHORS
whohas is written and maintained by Philipp Wesche <phi1ipp@yahoo.com>
- This man page was written by Jonathan Wiltshire <debian@jwiltshire.org.uk> for the Debian project and adapted for a new version by
Philipp Wesche <phi1ipp@yahoo.com>