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Re: choice of languages for debian system tool?



On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:49:59 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:

> 
> So, um, is there a way to list all packages that are in a particular
> section?  My aptitude test must have been naive, but I'm not sure why.
> Other than my just-now "reverse-engineered" approach of trying the url
> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/base/ , that is.
> 

Hey Monique,

aptitude ~s<section>

e.g.

aptitude ~sbase

Searching is described in /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README.

-- 
....................paul

It is important to realize that any lock can be picked with a big
enough hammer.
               -- Sun System & Network Admin manual




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