Re: potential new Debian user
On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 04:16, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 03:12:31AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
> > > Once you have your system installed you can check the available
> > > versions of a package using the 'apt-cache' command. Eg :
> > >
> > > $ apt-cache show mozilla-browser
> > > mozilla-browser:
> > > Installed: 2:0.9.9-6
> > > Candidate: 2:0.9.9-6
> > > Version Table:
> > > 2:1+rc2-1 0
> > > 95 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Packages
> > > *** 2:0.9.9-6 0
> > > 990 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
> > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > >
> >
> > Hmmm. That's not what happens when I type
> > $ apt-cache show mozilla-browser
> >
> > I get something that looks like an excerpt from a /var/lib/apt/lists
> > binary Packages file.
>
> Probably a mental typo:
>
> $ apt-cache policy mozilla-browser
> ^^^^^^
That works!!
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