Searching for apps from command line

[francisquare]

I am new in ubuntu and want to change from windows to linux, my question is

in command line, how search a app or locate that i want to install without using the ubuntu software center

thx

[thermion]

There are many ways of doing this.

apt-cache search argument

You can also use aptitude

sudo apt-get install aptitude
aptitude

Another way is to simply type sudo apt-get install and use autocomplete (tab key) to "search" for software.

[schragge]

apt-cache search regex_pattern

or

sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index debtags
sudo update-apt-xapian-index
axi-cache search search_terms

[Xgen]

The terminal command line is fine, but synaptic is also a superior program to USC ('sudo apt-get install synaptic') with search functions.

[francisquare]

thank you guys