Re: Generic file finder question ..what tool or database
On Wednesday 06 Mar 2002 5:15 am, Harry Putnam wrote:
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> What about listing packages in cache that are not installed
> Browsing over man apt-get apt-cache dbkg I didn't notice a command
> that lists all the packages onboard that are not installed.
Why would you want to do that at the command line ? There are in excess of
9000 packages in sid ...you would be in for a very long read. Use a front end
to apt/dpkg such as dselect to display available packages.
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Simon Hepburn.
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