Alan Woodland <ajw2@aber.ac.uk> schrieb: > Basicaly what I'd like to > know is if theres a nicer way to test if a package is installed than > just testing the existance of files that the package would create if > it was installed? Why not use dpkg --get-selections $otherpackage | grep install Gruß, Frank -- Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie