Re: Re: Re: libxml2
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:45:19PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Hereward Cooper wrote:
>
> > But once I installed the -dev via apt-get, "dpkg -l *xml2*"
> > _did_ list the file.
> >
>
> Sorry I didn't make that clear did I? dpkg -l only accepts *installed*
> package names.
That's not exactly true, is it? Although it won't give you any useful
information, the package certainly doesn't have to be installed to get a
listing.
$ dpkg --version
Debian GNU/Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.9.17
(i386).
This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or
later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
See dpkg --licence for copyright and license details.
$ dpkg -l pine\*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un pine <none> (no description available)
pn pine-docs <none> (no description available)
pn pine-tracker <none> (no description available)
pn pine396-diffs <none> (no description available)
pn pine396-src <none> (no description available)
pn pine4-diffs <none> (no description available)
pn pine4-src <none> (no description available)
pn pinepgp <none> (no description available)
Haven't ever had pine installed, but "dpkg -l" still found some matches...
--
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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