How do I do simple, fast, package name search?

[bbalban]

There used to be sudo aptitude search

There is no search now, using apt-get

There is some apt-cache command which dumps a ton of info

If I search in the Unity top left corner search box, I have to first click applications, and then do search. But then that does not actually search package names.

How do I do simple, reliable, fast, package name search?

Thanks,
Bahadir

[Vaphell]

install aptitude, problem solved

[steeldriver]

does

apt-cache search --names-only keyword

do what you want?

[thermion]

Or: dpkg -l | grep -i keyword

[Cheesemill]

Install aptitude then use...

aptitude search foo

No need for sudo when using aptitude search.