On Saturday 19 October 2002 03:35 am, Rupert wrote: > On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:34:15 -0500 > > "Wathen, Metherion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, I really appreciate for your help. > > I have limited space on my harddrive is there a way to see how much space > > a package is going to take before installing it? > > If you use aptitude (I'd recommend it) then you can tell it to show you > that information: > > Options->UI Options->The display format for package views > > Change this to something like > > %c%a%M %p #%D %I %v%V > ^^ ^^ > to get download size and installed size displayed. >
do apt-cache show <package>, and you don't have to change anything. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
