Getting info about Packages
Finding packages -- apt-cache search
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."
Describing packages -- apt-cache show
That displays what the package is designed to do, version info and so forth.
Listing packages -- dpkg --list
Which packages are installed? Do any packages need configuring?
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