Re: (Continued) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages
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On 05/08/07 04:38, Serena Cantor wrote:
> --- bdeferme <bdeferme@paradize.be> wrote:
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>> Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> I remember, dselect can show available packages.
>>>
>>> Can dpkg do that?
>> I'm afraid not, you might want to use dselect, or apt-cache offcourse.
>> Why would you want to list all available packages anyway? Could be a
>> huge list.
>>
>> P.S. Try to reply at the bottom of the quote, and there is no need to
>> change your subject :-)
>>
>> --
>> bdeferme@paradize.be
>> www.paradize.be
>>
>>
>>
>
> I want to find a package in doc section. It's a tutorial on html.
> I don't know how to use dselect
Only the fogeyist of old fogeys use dselect.
> It seems I should give up.
$ apt-cache search doc | grep doc | grep html
> PS: I always get 2 copyes of your email
Probably because he does a "Reply All" instead of "Reply To List".
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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