Re: dpkg hiding packages?

[Bill <bill@sanac.net>]

On Thursday 20 December 2001 13:01, you wrote:

[...]

>
> dpkg is the original tool and still the underlying one.  When it was first
> written the common usage was using dselect to find and install packages and
> dpkg was there when you needed to hand hold the system.
>
> dpkg mostly queries what is actually on your system.  apt is a fetch tool
> and thus knows about what is out there to be retrieved.
>
> You really need to think of apt like a web browser.  It knows how to show
> you what is out there and let you download it.

Hi Sean,

how does those tools should be used then?

presently, if I want to find out application XYZ is available I
"dpkg -l '*XYZ*'" and check the result. if i want something from the list, i 
then "apt-get XYZ-whatever"

thanks

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