Re: A basic apt-get question...

[joost@topaz.mdcc.cx (Joost Kooij)]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 09:55:23AM +0100, Russell wrote:
> or at least I assume it's about apt-get. I just want to know if a
> particular package is installed on my system, and I can't seem to find
> that kind of option in the man pages for apt-get, dpkg or dselect.

Then you did not read the dpkg manpage very well, I'm sorry to have to say.

The dselect manpage is not very thorough.  Look at 

  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0107/msg00641.html
 
for a proposed better dselect manpage.


> Is there something like "apt-get --is-it-installed packagename" ?

It's called either "dpkg --status pkgname" or "dselect select".
The preferred user interface is dselect.

Cheers,


Joost