Re: whereis/whatcontains xserver-xorg-legacy?
On Sat 28 Sep 2019 at 00:19:00 (-0400), Felix Miata wrote:
> apt search and aptitude search find it, but
> http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/ and
> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/ and
> https://sources.debian.org/prefix/x/ either don't have it, or it's hidden from
> view using a web browser.
You want http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-server/
> I tried installing it (in Buster), then examining it in /var/cache/apt/, but
> xserver-xorg-legacy was nowhere to be found. What controls whether packages are
> kept in the cache after installation?
apt-get doesn't clean by default. apt/aptitude probably do.
> I know what the package does generally, but I want to examine the package's
> content. What must I feed to wget to fetch it for examination?
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-legacy_1.20.4-1_amd64.deb
> Or, which of the
> confusion of Debian's package management tools can show me detail of what's in the
> files it contains without bothering to download for physical inspection,
apt-file, probably.
> or simply
> fetch without installing?
apt-get -d
Cheers,
David.
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