Re: Another dpkg or apt-get question from a new user

[Phillip Deackes <gsmh@gmx.li>]

"Maury R. Merkin" <merkin@his.com> wrote:
> [How] can I get a listing of the files installed with a package?
> 
> I.e., if package dork.deb was installed on my box last week, can I see
> what files were installed?  If so, how?

You might be interested to know that:

If you install an app with apt-get then the .deb will be saved to
/var/cache/apt/archives

If you then click on that .deb using GMC (the default Gnome file
manager) the contents will be opened up as if the .deb were a directory.
Very neat. If you don't use Gnome, then mc (Midnight Commander) will do
a similar thing.

I find thsi useful because it is easy to read docs etc. before the
package is installed.


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Phillip Deackes
Using Storm Linux 2000