Re: Number of Debian packages available. and thank you to everyone.

[Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 13:59:21 Brian wrote:
> On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 12:06:17 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> > On Tuesday 16 October 2012 11:55:55 Brian wrote:
> > > Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to have only the line
> > >
> > >    deb <your_mirror> squeeze non-free
> > >
> > > Then
> > >
> > >    apt-get update
> > >
> > > and look at the output.
> > >
> > > Add "contrib" to the line above and repeat, Do the same with "main"
> > > added. Do sums.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Without the faffing about with getting a root prompt and using an
> editor:
>
> cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section:' | wc -l
> cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section: non-free' | wc -l
> cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section: contrib' | wc -l
>
> 28,795, 403 and 187 respectively for me.

That's terrific!  Thanks, Brian.

Thanks all of you for your informative and helpful replies.

Lisi