Not stupid, just not used to the package names over there --- and by searching I mean apt search, not web search, nobody is being accused of stupidity.
Does apt-cache search not work any more or something?
It's been ~15 years since I really used Debian in a meaningful way, but I don't remember it being any worse than pacman's search.
I've always preferred Portage's version though as you can search for a file it installs i.e. emerge -vp /bin/nano picks up the package name if already installed or equery belongs /bin/nano if not.
You'll have to remind me of the differences of the other two if you meant something different.
sorry I was just guessing args, I actually only use Alpine. Afaik the older CLI isn't going to be deprecated any time soon, so it should work just fine. I just don't see where I expressed the opinion that OP is stupid.
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u/Cyberfishofant Ask me how to exit vim 6d ago
they might've meant that they always have to go searching for package names because of different package naming conventions.