Getting info about Packages
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That is how you tell apt to search the packages you've downloaded, using REGEX
NOTE -- apt-cache only knows about the package descriptions you've already downloaded. To search among ALL known Debian packages just browse to http://packages.debian.org/PACKAGESUBSTRING to see what's available. For example: http://packages.debian.org/vnc That would get you a listing of packages that contain the term "vnc" somewhere in the title."
That displays what the package is designed to do, version info and so forth.
Which packages are installed? Do any packages need configuring?