Re: lists of packages
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> > > > is there any way to get a list of what kde packages are available? The
> > >
> > > no way to get a full list. You can find out what packages make up task-kde
> > > by looking in /var/lib/dpkg/available
> > >
> >
> >
> > Not to look the free software horse in the mouth, or anything, but is
> > there anything that can be done about this? It would be terribly
> > convenient to be able to browse as per www.debian.org/distrib/packages.
>
> submit a change request to every Debian package to include some bit of
> information that would say what it is. I mean...how do you know what is or
> is not a KDE package. (not every KDE package depends on kde libraries let
> alone qt)
I don't see why ... isn't that already the case? If you select task-kde in
dselect, you'll see a whole list of dependencies/recommendations/suggestions
showing up and each of those packages explains what it does (and
search for it). If you complain about the lack of information in apt-get
(that's true, but it's perfect for updates), use an interface like
dselect/console-apt/aptitude.
Bart
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