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| AXI-CACHE(1) | User Commands | AXI-CACHE(1) | 
NAME¶
axi-cache - query the Apt Xapian Index
SYNOPSIS¶
axi-cache [options] command [args]
DESCRIPTION¶
Query the Apt Xapian index.
Commands:¶
- search commands:
 
- axi-cache again [query]
 - repeat the last search, possibly adding query terms
 - axi-cache help
 - show a summary of commands
 - axi-cache info
 - print information about the apt-xapian-index environment
 - axi-cache last [count]
 - show the last results again
 - axi-cache more [count]
 - show more terms from the last search
 - axi-cache rdetails pkgname[s]
 - show details of reverse relationships for the given packages
 - axi-cache search [terms]
 - start a new search
 
- apt-cache front-ends:
 
- axi-cache depends pkgname[s]
 - run apt-cache depends pkgname[s]
 - axi-cache madison pkgname[s]
 - run apt-cache madison pkgname[s]
 - axi-cache policy pkgname[s]
 - run apt-cache policy pkgname[s]
 - axi-cache rdepends pkgname[s]
 - run apt-cache rdepends pkgname[s]
 - axi-cache show pkgname[s]
 - run apt-cache show pkgname[s]
 - axi-cache showpkg pkgname[s]
 - run apt-cache showpkg pkgname[s]
 - axi-cache showsrc pkgname[s]
 - run apt-cache showsrc pkgname[s]
 
OPTIONS¶
- --version
 - show program's version number and exit
 - -h, --help
 - show this help message and exit
 - -s SORT, --sort=SORT
 - sort by the given value, as listed in /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/values. Add a '-' to reverse sort order
 - show matching tags, rather than packages
 - --tabcomplete=TYPE
 - suggest words for tab completion of the current command line (type is 'plain' or 'partial')
 - --last
 - use 'show --last' to limit tab completion to only the packages from the last search results
 - --all
 - disable pagination and always show all results. Note that search results are normally sorted by relevance, so you may find meaningless results at the end of the output
 
| October 2025 | axi-cache 0.47 |