# apt-cache

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## Disable the pager for apt search

DevFeed: [Disable the pager for apt search](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/disable-the-pager-for-apt-search-27741.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2026/01/disable-the-pager-for-apt-search/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2026-01-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apt.md>), [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apt.md>), [apt-cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apt-cache.md>), [bash](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bash.md>), [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [less](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/less.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [pager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pager.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>)

### AI overview

This tutorial explains how to disable the pager used for apt search results on Debian-based systems. It compares older search commands and an environment-variable setting, then recommends a permanent configuration-file change that keeps colorized output.

### Source excerpt

Learn how to disable the annoying pager for apt search results on Debian-based systems, and find the best permanent solution.

## How to enable Debian 12 Backports repository

DevFeed: [How to enable Debian 12 Backports repository](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-enable-debian-12-backports-repository-41932.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/install-enable-debian-linux-12-backports-repository/>)

Author: Vivek Gite

Published: 2024-05-11T11:02:39Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [nixCraft: Linux Tips, Hacks, Tutorials, And Ideas In Blog Format (RSS/FEED)](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nixcraft-linux-tips-hacks-tutorials-and-ideas-in-blog-format-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Debian](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debian.md>), [Package Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/package-management.md>), [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apt.md>), [Package manager](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/package-manager.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>)

Tags: [apt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apt.md>), [apt-cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apt-cache.md>), [debian](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian.md>), [debian-linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debian-linux.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [easy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/easy.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [package-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/package-management.md>), [packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/packages.md>), [software-packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-packages.md>)

### AI overview

A tutorial on enabling and using the Debian 12 Bookworm Backports repository. It covers configuring the repository, updating package lists, searching for packages, installing selected backported packages, listing installed backports, and removing them.

### Source excerpt

The Debian Linux 12 backports repository offers updated versions of software packages for Debian Stable releases. These packages are sourced from Testing (and sometimes Unstable) branches of Debian, and then optimized and recompiled to function on the current Stable release, such as Bookworm. Let us see how to install and use Debian Linux 12 "Bookworm" Backports repository. Love this? sudo share_on: Twitter - Facebook - LinkedIn - Whatsapp - Reddit The post How to enable Debian 12 Backports repository appeared first on nixCraft.