Re: dpkg -l does not report all packages?
On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 03:53:35PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:23:19AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> > > dpkg and grep-available only report kernel-source packages up to 2.4.5
> > > (which is what I have installed), even though I just did apt-get update:
> >
> > 'apt-get update' doesn't update dpkg's available file. Use 'dselect
> > update' instead, which does 'apt-get update' and then merges it with
> > dpkg's records.
> >
> > Also, 'dpkg -l' looks in dpkg's status file, which doesn't necessarily
> > record all uninstalled packages unless you use dselect on a regular
> > basis. It'll record installed packages reliably, though.
>
> thanks for explanation,
>
> is there any way to have correct info about system (installed and
> available packages and their status) without using deselect?
After reading the above I ran 'dselect update' and found that it works
just like 'apt-get update' and doesn't go into the normal dselect
program.
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