<html><head> <title>swim - DESCRIPTION </title> <link rev=made href="mailto:mttrader@access.mountain.net"> </head><body> <h1> swim - chapter 1<br> DESCRIPTION </h1> <strong>swim</strong> is a powerful <em>package administration</em> and <em>research tool</em> for both an <em>installed Debian distribution</em>, and/or <em>not-installed virtual Debian distribution(s)</em> allowing querying of software packages with a variety of package information options, and powerful searches. Virtual options which include ftp, installation, and package removal capabilities can be seamlessly combined with querying or searches. <strong>swim</strong> can be used on computer systems which either have, or do not have a Debian distribution installed. <hr> swim - <A href="index.html#copyright"> Copyright © 1999 Jonathan D. Rosenbaum </A> <br> <A href="index.html#toc">Contents</A>; <A href="ch-commandline.html">next</A>. <br> <address>15 June 1999<br> Jonathan D. Rosenbaum<A href="mailto:mttrader@access.mountain.net">mttrader@access.mountain.net</A></address> </body></html>