(Continued) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages

[Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com>]

I remember, dselect can show available packages.

Can dpkg do that?

--- bdeferme <bdeferme@paradize.be> wrote:

> Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > how to use dpkg to list all packages in doc section that can be installed?
> >
> > just list package names.
> >
> > Thanks!
> 
> dpkg -l will list all the packages in /var/lib/dpkg/list and brief  
> information about their install status.
> 
> -- 
> bdeferme@paradize.be
> www.paradize.be
> 
> 
> 


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