Re: not all packages showing up with "dpkg -l"?
>>>>> "Maciej" == Maciej Kalisiak <mac@cs.toronto.edu> writes:
Maciej> Hello all, Just a quick question: what exactly does "dpkg
Maciej> -l foo" show?
Maciej> Let me explain: of recent, I've noticed that for certain
Maciej> (few) packages if I do "dpkg -l foo" and it produces no
Maciej> matches/output, a subsequent "apt-get install foo" *WILL*
Maciej> find and install the desired package. So if this package
Maciej> exists, why isn't it listed in "dpkg -l foo"???
-l only lists installed packages...
?
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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