Re: (solved on my own) Re: how to use dpkg to list some packages
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Serena Cantor wrote:
> aptitude search \!~i~sdoc only lists 4 packages.
> surely main of sarge has far more than that.
on my etch system it lists 876, as you asked this are the 'that can be
installed', ie. the ones that are available minus the ones that are
already installed on your system.
Just try
aptitude search ~sdoc
to get a list of all the packages that exist, installed or not.
> I've got many replies, none solved my question. Thanks anyway.
>
> I'm java programmer, I'd rather write a program to parse a file in
> /var/lib/apt/lists
> to list desired packages.
Or write a gawk script to do the same.
Or study the man pages of dpkg or aptitude to find another solution.
HTH,
Johannes
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