Re: view package contents w/o installing
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 11:27:36AM -0500, DvB wrote:
> Is there any way to see what files are in a package without having to
> install it first?
'dpkg -c foo.deb'
> I can't find this functionality on packages.debian.org and, IMHO, it
> would be useful if it were present. Would it be that hard to implement
> this?
Under "Search the contents of the latest release" it says "Searches on
package names will also display all files in the package." It's not
quite accurate, though - it really just searches for any lines in
Contents-$(arch).gz containing that substring.
It might be worth filing a wishlist bug against www.debian.org about
this.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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