On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 17:20:20 +0000 Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 12:37:12AM -0600, Jacob S. wrote: <snip> > > dpkg -L <package_name> - lists the files installed by 'package_name' > > > > dpkg -S <file_name> - lists the package(s) that contain files > > matching > > the 'file_name' you entered. > > > > "man dpkg" for some more really helpful tools. It's not part of apt, > > but still uses Debian's great package management system. > > You have it backwards. :) dpkg *is* Debian's package management > system, and apt uses it to perform all its fundamental package > management operations. Good point. Thanks for the correction. Jacob ----- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 Are you tired of being a crash test dummy for Microsoft? Discover Linux.
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