apt-get terminology ?

[bigvoo]

I putting together this old dell laptop, decided to go with debian, and I want to use nothing but apt-get this time...been using synaptics for 3 years now. question is, how do you know what to call the apps you're going after ? since terminal is so specific, like i need gsstreamer right now, but is it sudo apt-get gsstreamer ? or is there something else it's called in terminal ? thanks

[HROAdmin26]

Google: how to find package name apt

[reed9]

Also, aptitude has a curses GUI you can use.

Other help:
Search Patterns
Debian / Ubuntu: Search For Packages Using Apt Command Line
Getting information about packages

[devils casper]

Synaptic is a Graphical Interface of apt-get only. If you are familiar with apt-get commands, just install Synaptic.

su -
apt-get install synaptic

[mattseanbachman]

Another real good idea, if you're unaware of it, I just found it out not too long ago, is that apt-get tries to complete your package name if you're unsure. So, if you do like sudo apt-get install perl[tab][tab], you'll see the available ones.

Also, you don't even need to put anything in if you're bored and want some light reading material (well, light for linux). You can go and read up on all 35000 packages! I.e. sudo apt-get install [tab][tab]

[sathiya]

Ok, here is one apt-get tutorial: How To Manage Packages Using apt-get, apt-cache, apt-file and dpkg Commands ( With 13 Practical Examples )