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Re: dpkg -l output



On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:36:38 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 02:56:10PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote:
>> When I do 'dpkg -l' now all I get back are installed packages. I used
>> to have to grep for an initial 'i' to get just those. How do I see *all*
>> available packages?
> 
>   dpkg -l \*
> 
> It's been like this ever since I started using Debian, IIRC.
> 

Or, if he wants a bit of description with the list, he can do:

apt-cache search .

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....................paul

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