On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 02:38:34AM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > > --- bdeferme <bdeferme@paradize.be> wrote: > > > Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > 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 > It seems I should give up. This is a classic example of asking the wrong question. First you asked how to find a package using dpkg. Then you wanted to know if dpkg can show available packages like dselect can. Meanwhile, in another fork of this thread you were stating that you were going to go write your own app to parse the dpkg lists all the while complaining that you were going to give up. The reality is that what you really wanted to know was how to find a tutorial on html that could be installed as a package in debian. If you had started with that question -- the thing you *actually* wanted to find out, you'd have had your answer in the first response or two. That said, I can't find what you're looking for in apt-cache, but I may be searching on the wrong terms. I recommend htmldog.com as a decent resource. A > > PS: I always get 2 copyes of your email > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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