Today, let's use apt-cache to find the *official* homepage of a project.

[KGIII]

This comes in handy far more often than you might think, especially if you test a lot of software and want to report bugs as well as check up on the projects to see what they're currently working on. If you're going to base your system/process around an application, it's probably a good idea to ensure that it's a health project that's unlikely to be abandoned - things like that.

Use 'apt-cache' To Find An Application's Homepage • Linux Tips

It can come in pretty handy to know an application's homepage. You find an applications homepage this with 'apt-cache'. It's pretty easy.

linuxtips.gq

As always, feedback is awesome.

 

[captain-sensible]

book marked and have an email to remind me; will check out tomorrow

 

[KGIII]

Always appreciated, thanks!

I just finished writing the article for the 31s. The security articles are automated. I pull those in via RSS feeds.

 

[craigevil]

apt show will show the webpage url. For example:
apt show mu-editor
Package: mu-editor
Homepage: https://codewith.mu/

Or:

 apt show code
Package: code
Version: 1.54.3-1615805708
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Maintainer: Microsoft Corporation <[email protected]>
Installed-Size: 295 MB
Provides: visual-studio-code
Depends: libnss3 (>= 2:3.26), gnupg, apt, libxkbfile1, libsecret-1-0, libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.10.0), libxss1, libgbm1
Conflicts: visual-studio-code
Replaces: visual-studio-code
Homepage: https://code.visualstudio.com/
Download-Size: 70.9 MB
APT-Sources: http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster/main arm64 Packages
Description: Code editing. Redefined.
 Visual Studio Code is a new choice of tool that combines the simplicity of a code editor with what developers need for the core edit-build-debug cycle. See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux for installation instructions and FAQ.

 

[KGIII]

You can always add it as a comment on the site. ;-)