On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 22:16:39 +0200 sp113438 <sp113438@telfort.nl> wrote: > Hello, > > How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? > Google did not help me. > > Thanks! > > A GUI based answer is to open Synaptic, select the All header, and the number of packages available for the repositories you have selected will be given. I'm running Jessie AMD 64, and there were 38928 packages available a minute ago. -- cmg