Finding All Locations/URIs of a Package
Hi there,
I tried to install openoffice-help-en package using apt-get. As normal,
it chose the first server in my /etc/apt/sources.list file. Unfortunately,
it could not connect to this server. Therefore, I wondered if there was a
way to obtain a list of all the servers from my source.list file which
contained the desired package. Thus, I could find out that servers A, B, C
(from my sources.list) had this package and that I could download it from
one of those alternate sites.
I checked the apt documentation. I tried apt-cache and
apt-show-versions, and while they provide very useful information, I was not
able to obtain my desired list. Does anybody know if there is a tool or an
option in one of the existing tools that provides me with such
functionality? The only thing I can think of is to write the following
script myself:
cd /var/lib/apt/lists
grep 'Package: openoffice.org-help-en' -n -H *
The script simply parses the list files for each of the servers found in
the above directory and tells me which server contains the package. This is
a suitable solution, I'm just curious to know if an existing solution
already exists.
Thanks in advance for any help. I am a noobie and I am enjoying learning
all this new stuff :-)
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