On Ma, 30 nov 10, 16:28:12, Bob Proulx wrote: > > If you decide you should use dpkg directly to query for the existence > of the package then it is better to use dpkg --status. Sorry but that > awk piped to awk pipeline isn't particularly attractive. > > if ! dpkg --status tofrodos | grep -q "^Status: install ok installed$"; then > echo "Error: Missing package: tofrodos" > echo "You could install it with: apt-get install tofrodos" > fi You don't even need the 'dpkg -l' is fine as well, if used properly ;) $ dpkg -l tofrodos No packages found matching tofrodos. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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