Re: newbie package question
Incoming from Tong:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:44:27 +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 01:28:11PM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote:
> >> How can I find out what version of a package I have currently installed (e.g., glibc)?
>
> Yeah, I wanted to know that too.
>
> > dpkg -l|grep libc
>
> This is a solution, but not perfect, 'cause sometimes the package name
> gets truncated, e.g.:
>
> ii libcupsys2-gnu 1.1.20final+rc Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs
(0) keeling /home/keeling/dox_ COLUMNS=110 apt-cache search ^libc6
libc6 - GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
libc6-dbg - GNU C Library: Libraries with debugging symbols
libc6-dev - GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files.
libc6-pic - GNU C Library: PIC archive library
libc6-prof - GNU C Library: Profiling Libraries.
(0) keeling /home/keeling/dox_ COLUMNS=110 dpkg -l | grep libc6
ii libc6 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
ii libc6-dev 2.2.5-11.5 GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Header Files.
ii libcompfaceg1 1989.11.11-23 Compress/decompress images for mailheaders, libc6 runtime
ii libgdbmg1 1.7.3-27 GNU dbm database routines (runtime version). [libc6 versio
ii libgpmg1 1.19.6-12 General Purpose Mouse Library [libc6]
ii xviewg 3.2p1.4-16 XView shared libraries [libc6]
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