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[Solved]Re: get software list of one software repository




On 09/04/2015 11:30 PM, David Wright wrote:
> Quoting (mudongliangabcd@hotmail.com):
>>> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 10:21:13 +0100
>>> From: mailinglist@darac.org.uk
>>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>>> Subject: Re: get software list of one software repository
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 10:32:35PM +0800, mudongliang wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone :
>>>>     There are some software repositories on my computer.
>>>>     For example , google chrome software repository
>>>>         deb [1]http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
>>>>     I also add ubuntu partner in my computer.
>>>>     What I want to ask is how to get software list of someone software
>>>> repository through command line!
>>>>     I can get this information through synaptic graphics.
>>>>     But I don't know how to do it in command line.
> I think you know the tool to use because you've already quoted its use
> in your posting here:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/07/msg00082.html
>
>>> Assuming that you have aptitude installed, try the following:
>>>
>>> Start by running "grep Origin: /var/lib/apt/lists/*Release" to see where
>>> your packages from from. Origin will be "Debian" for official debian
>>> packages, "Canonical" for official ubuntu packages, etc.
>>>
>>> Next, run "aptitude search '?origin(Debian)'" (replacing Debian with any
>>> of the Origins listed above.
>>>
>>> If you need to narrow it down further (for example, you want to list
>>> only unstable packages from Debian), then you can try something like
>>> "aptitude search '(!~Atesting ~Aunstable ?origin(Debian))'".
>>>
>> I think you may mistaken my request.
> Easily done. I took "someone software" to mean that you wanted to know
> the software available to someone's computer given their sources list
> ("software repositories on my computer"), when I posted this 24 hours ago:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/09/msg00107.html
>
Yes , aptitude search may be a method! I should check the search method
of "aptitude search" in order to get my answer.
>> I want the reverse information.
>> For example, the software list of debian testing main software repository is
>> needed.
>> I don't need in which software repository a software is located.
> You're obviously familiar with the Debian website:
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/07/msg00070.html
>
> On that page, the very next link is "dists/". Follow this chain:
Using web browser is another good way to solve my problem. I can get all
the software list in the web page.
> dists/testing/main/binary-i386/
>
> and you will see Packages.gz and Packages.xz which are the same file
> compressed in two different manners. Use wget to download either.
>
> The structure of the Debian archive is well documented. I assume that
> if you were intent on downloading README.mirrors.txt, you're probably
> more conversant with it than I am, so you ought to be able to find the
> other parts that make up testing on your own.
>
> If you're absolutely desparate to do all this from the command line
> without the use of a browser, then use ftp to navigate the site.
> Login as "anonymous" and use your email address as the password.
> You can download in ftp itself, or still use wget once you know where
> the files you want are located.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Cheers,
> David.

Great! Thank you!
    - mudongliang

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