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Displaying Info About An Installed Package

If the name of an installed package is known, the following commands can be used to display a description of the package:

Table 14-11: Package Information Commands

Style Command(s)

Style Command(s)

Debian apt-cache show package_name

Red Hat yum info package_name

Example: To see a description of the emacs package on a Debian-style system:

apt-cache show emacs

apt-cache show emacs

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