---
name: "axi-cache"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "apt-xapian-index"
version: "0.53"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/axi-cache"
---

# axi-cache(1)

query the Apt Xapian Index

## NAME

axi-cache - query the Apt Xapian Index

## SYNOPSIS

**axi-cache** \[*options*\] *command* \[*args*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Query the Apt Xapian index.

### Commands:

-

  search commands:

- axi-cache again \[query\]

  repeat the last search, possibly adding query terms

- axi-cache help

  show a summary of commands

- axi-cache info

  print information about the apt-xapian-index environment

- axi-cache last \[count\]

  show the last results again

- axi-cache more \[count\]

  show more terms from the last search

- axi-cache rdetails pkgname\[s\]

  show details of reverse relationships for the given packages

- axi-cache search \[terms\]

  start a new search

-

  apt-cache front-ends:

- axi-cache depends pkgname\[s\]

  run apt-cache depends pkgname\[s\]

- axi-cache madison pkgname\[s\]

  run apt-cache madison pkgname\[s\]

- axi-cache policy pkgname\[s\]

  run apt-cache policy pkgname\[s\]

- axi-cache rdepends pkgname\[s\]

  run apt-cache rdepends pkgname\[s\]

- axi-cache show pkgname\[s\]

  run apt-cache show pkgname\[s\]

- axi-cache showpkg pkgname\[s\]

  run apt-cache showpkg pkgname\[s\]

- axi-cache showsrc pkgname\[s\]

  run apt-cache showsrc pkgname\[s\]

## OPTIONS

- **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-s** SORT, **--sort**=*SORT*

  sort by the given value, as listed in */var/lib/apt-xapian-index/values*. Add a '-' to reverse sort order

- **--tags**

  show matching tags, rather than packages

- **--tabcomplete**=*TYPE*

  suggest words for tab completion of the current command line (type is 'plain' or 'partial')

- **--last**

  use 'show **--last**' to limit tab completion to only the packages from the last search results

- **--all**

  disable pagination and always show all results. Note that search results are normally sorted by relevance, so you may find meaningless results at the end of the output