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, Mandriva, openSUSE, Slackware (and
linuxpackages.net), Source Mage, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
Fink, MacPorts, Opkg (embedded) and Cygwin 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",
"cygwin", "debian", "fedora", "fink", "freebsd", "gentoo",
"mandriva", "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>