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GNOME Debian Package Finder: Rough and Ready Package Search For the Desktop

By Bruce Byfield

“The interface — to be polite — can best be described as
“under development.” At the top of the gpfind window is a general
search field. By default it is set to give only exact matches for
the search values you enter. However, you also have the options to
search among installed packages only, package names, or files
within packages, or any of these in combination, with or without
exact matches.”

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