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Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install



On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:27:23PM -0700, NewDeb <ace_shikha@hotmail.com> was heard to say:
> I am a Debian newbie and was wondering what is the difference between the
> NEW and Extra packages that are installed when dpkg -i is used. 

  I don't recognize those offhand as dpkg output.  Could you paste a
snippet what you're referring to?  (i.e., install something with "dpkg -i"
and paste the output here)

     Thanks,
  Daniel


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