Re: packages installed but no longer available
On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 01:17:02PM +0200, Thomas Gebhardt wrote:
> is there an easy way to produce a list of packages that
> are currently installed on a system, but are no longer
> available in the Package files referenced by
> /etc/apt/sources.list?
dselect shows these under "Obsolete and local packages present on
system"; aptitude shows them under "Obsolete and Locally Created
Packages". Take your pick.
(Remember, apt-get wasn't intended to be the One True Way to all package
management. aptitude is a real frontend and is much closer to being a
dselect replacement.)
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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