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Add a way to get information about a package before installing it
What problem are you trying to solve?
When I run devbox search blah
, I get a list of packages matching that query with a list of available versions. If I am unsure what the exact package I am looking for is named, I find I need to look on https://search.nixos.org/packages to verify I am installing the correct package.
What solution would you like?
I can see a few possibilities:
- Add a one line blurb to the results of
devbox search
- Maybe with an added flag to add more context in the search results if adding more information would be a breaking change?
- Add a link to the package on https://search.nixos.org/packages in the
devbox search
results - Add a new subcommand that returns information about a package
- I thought that
devbox info
was that command, but that isn't available fordevbox global
and also only appears to work for packages that are already installed
- I thought that
Alternatives you've considered
No response