Re: dpkg -scanpackages - how?
"Robin Collins" <robin.c.collins@cwcom.net> wrote:
> In response to a question from me about how to make use of the .debs I'd
> accumulated in /var/cache/apt during a re-install several people helpfully
> suggested I did
>
> dpkg -scanpackages
^
>
> Well, I tried and failed.
Try "dpkg-scanpackages" without a space.
> Looking at the man and info pages for dpkg I
> don't see any scan capability. What do I have to install to get this
> feature?
dpkg-dev
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Thomas Weinbrenner
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