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Re: Package Information



You can find this in dselect (of course) or you can get the files Packages
or Packages.gz (gzipped version) from the a mirror. In these files are all
descriptions and what the packages depend on, suggest, recommend etc.

Ron Rademaker

PS. You can also use dpkg -s <package> for info on <package>

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Jay Kelly wrote:

> Hello Group,
> I have been playing with debian for about a month now and would like
> to get more information on the packages available. Where can I
> get information on the available packages and a description of what
> they do?
> thanks
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