Re: KPackage and apt-get basics

[Brenden <brenden@rcsis.com>]

On Sunday 20 June 2004 02:15 pm, Andreas Janssen wrote:
> Hello
>
> Brenden (<brenden@rcsis.com>) wrote:
> > I'm trying out KPackage and apt-get for the first time.
> >
> > One thing I'm missing is a way to get a list of installed packages.
> > Is this available someplace from either tool?
>
> dpkg --get-selections
> dpkg -L
> aptitude (if it is installed)
>
> > The second thing is how do I get dependencies to install?  I tried
> > installing package apache but it told me apache-common was needed and
> > missing.
>
> If you use apt-get, it should be able to get the necessary packages
> automatically. Try
>
> apt-get install apache

This doesn't install apache-common.  It just says that apache-common is needed 
but won't be installed, and quits.


Thanks for your ideas anyway, the listings are useful.

> apt-cache show apache-common