Installing Software on Raspbian - Learning Raspbian - page 78

For a bit of fun, try running apt-get moo !
Searching for packages
There are so many packages available to install using apt-get that it can be
difficult to find the package that you want to install. Fortunately, it is really easy
to search for the packages that are available to be installed. To do this, you use
the apt-cache search tool.
Following on from our example of using the Apache2 package, you are able to
see other extensions to the Apache2 package by running this command:
sudo apt-cache search apache2
The apt-cache search tool will list all the packages that mention Apache2 in
their description or require Apache2 .
Synaptic GUI Package Manager
There are many different ways in which you can install software on your
Raspberry Pi. Using apt-get is one way. Another way is by using a GUI tool
such as the Synaptic Package Manager. Unfortunately, it isn't installed in
Raspbian by default, but it is easily installed using apt-get .
To install synaptic, run the following command in LXTerminal:
sudo apt-get install synaptic
Synaptic will take a few minutes to install on your Raspberry Pi as it is a reasonably
large application. You will find the Synaptic Package Manager in the Other
submenu in the main menu.