update-apt-xapian-index

maintenance and search tools for a Xapian index of Debian packages

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/update-apt-xapian-index.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install apt-xapian-index
Ubuntu
apt-get install apt-xapian-index
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install apt-xapian-index
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install apt-xapian-index
Raspbian
apt-get install apt-xapian-index
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/update-apt-xapian-index

apt-xapian-index

maintenance and search tools for a Xapian index of Debian packages

This package provides update-apt-xapian-index, a tool to maintain a Xapian index of Debian package information in /var/lib/apt-xapian-index, and axi-cache, a command line search tool that uses the index. axi-cache allows one to search packages very quickly, and it also interfaces with the shell command line completion in a smart way, providing context-sensitive keyword and tag suggestions even before the search command is actually run. update-apt-xapian-index allows plugins to be installed in /usr/share/apt-xapian-index to index all sorts of extra information, such as Debtags tags, popcon information, package ratings and anything else that would fit. The index generated by update-apt-xapian-index is self-documenting, as it contains an autogenerated README file with information on the index layout and all the data that can be found in it.