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

[Cyrus Patel <cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Shanu,

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

Yes, that's correct. I did the dpkg --info on the package cached in my
/var/cache/apt/archives directory.

> 	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 ?

Check out console-apt or gnome-apt. They're set to replace dselect.

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

Very nice sig ;-)

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

-- 
Cyrus Patel - cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Dept. of Computer Engineering                           Debian GNU/Linux 
University of New South Wales                           (Potato)
Sydney, Australia.					ICQ: 50738541


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