02-10-2015
Well, that rather depends. There are several tools to do a variety of things, but can you show us some sample input & output wrapped in CODE tags for clarity.
It would be good to know the OS and version you are running so we don't suggest tools your won't have. The output from uname -a would be useful.
Regards,
Robin
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NAME
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]
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axi-cache policy pkgname[s]
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axi-cache show pkgname[s]
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