Re: Can't find list of Stable Package contents [amd64]

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:00:37PM -0700, John Wesley Cooper wrote:
>Hello,
>
>My name is John Wesley Cooper, and I am currently studying for my AAS in
>Programming and System Analysis, but I decided that it would be an
>interesting project for me to install Debian Linux as a dual boot for my
>current Windows Vista OS.  I was successful in installing the desired
>components from the first 2 CD images of the stable version 5.0.0, but I
>wanted to know the exact contents of the remaining disc images, before I
>waste my limited financial resources on blank discs that I may not even
>need; not to mention what little free time I currently have available.
>Unfortunately, I was unable to locate such a listing anywhere on debian.org,
>and I am uncertain as to how I can install from the later discs after I have
>already completed the initial installation (as all my experience to date is
>with Microsoft operating systems, and I'm only an intermediate level user in
>that respect).  Could someone please send me this information, or at least
>tell me where I can find it.

Hi John,

We automatically generate lists of the packages in each CD/DVD
image. See (for example)

  http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/5.0.0/i386/list-cd/

Each list.gz file is a gzip-compressed list of the .debs contained in
the corresponding .iso image in ../iso-cd/. Or you can search for
specific packages at

  http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#search

I hope that's useful to you.

>PS: I could use some help setting up my wireless network connections in
>Gnome, as the initial installation was unable to detect my network.

I'd suggest that you ask about that on the debian-user mailing
list. Not my area of expertise... :-)

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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