Re: [LI] What is ??....

[Shanker Balan <shanu@xxxxxxxx>]

Cyrus Patel wrote:

> Actually Khader, you want to do something like this:
> 
> bash-2.03$ dpkg --info ncpfs_xxxx.deb
> 
> This will give you a description of what the package is.

Hello Cyrus/Khader/Debianers,

	Just wondering, wouldnt both the methods require the actual .deb
archive to be present in the path/previosuly installed ???

	If u want to get info about an un installed package (or non-existant),
u would either have to go thru dselect or do a manual grep on
/var/lib/dpkg/available database right? Or is there still another way ?

BTW: All debianers seem to be sporting a similar signature like yours
truly - small, cute and NO WINDOWS ;-)))

-- Shanu
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = = (SHANU) = = - -
  St. Albert's College                      Debian/GNU Linux 2.2
  Cochin  India


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