Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Mastering Ubuntu Server

You're reading from   Mastering Ubuntu Server Gain expertise in the art of deploying, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting Ubuntu Server

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800564640
Length 702 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Jay LaCroix Jay LaCroix
Author Profile Icon Jay LaCroix
Jay LaCroix
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Deploying Ubuntu Server 2. Managing Users and Permissions FREE CHAPTER 3. Managing Software Packages 4. Navigating and Essential Commands 5. Managing Files and Directories 6. Boosting Your Command-line Efficiency 7. Controlling and Managing Processes 8. Monitoring System Resources 9. Managing Storage Volumes 10. Connecting to Networks 11. Setting Up Network Services 12. Sharing and Transferring Files 13. Managing Databases 14. Serving Web Content 15. Automating Server Configuration with Ansible 16. Virtualization 17. Running Containers 18. Container Orchestration 19. Deploying Ubuntu in the Cloud 20. Automating Cloud Deployments with Terraform 21. Securing Your Server 22. Troubleshooting Ubuntu Servers 23. Preventing Disasters 24. Another Book You May Enjoy
25. Index

Searching for packages

Unfortunately, the naming conventions used for packages in Ubuntu Server aren't always obvious. Worse, package names are often very different from one distribution to another even for the same piece of software. While this book and other tutorials online will outline the exact steps needed to install software, if you're ever on your own, it really doesn't help much if you don't know the name of the package you want to install. In this section, I'll try to take some of the mystery out of searching for packages.

In the previous section, we went over searching for Snap packages, so I won't repeat that here. The APT suite of utilities also has a means of searching for packages as well, which is the apt search command. We can use the following command to search for packages, by providing a keyword:

apt search <search term>

The output from this command will show a list of packages that match your search criteria, with...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime