RE: checking whether a package is installed

To: "Aaron Maxwell" <amaxwell@phy.ucsf.edu>, <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: RE: checking whether a package is installed
From: "Christian Pernegger" <pernegger@chello.at>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 17:46:43 +0200
Message-id: <NEBBLNPDIMNCGABLPAGKIEJJCJAA.chris@jesus>
In-reply-to: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1000807222134.30666B-100000@phy.ucsf.edu>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Maxwell [mailto:amaxwell@phy.ucsf.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 7:33 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: checking whether a package is installed
> 
> 
> Is there a quick, elegant way to check if a particular package is
> installed?

Try

# dpkg -s name_of_package

Thats what I use

Christian

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