On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, w trillich wrote: > of course, since apt-get update / apt-get dist-upgrade didn't install > everything (or download everything, for that matter) i don't know > why i insist on thinking that apt-get install somepkg would include > the pertinences relating to that package. it does install flaming > dependencies, but that's all. > > plus, the doc/samba* directories had more than just copyright info > in them, so i figured those meager docs were all there was available. > > so i'm back to asking 'how can we find out what packages are available > without having to irritate the folks on this list?'
When you do an 'apt-get update', apt stores the downloaded package-description files in /var/state/apt/lists. So when I install a new package I alway search for its description in these files to see what's in the 'Recommends:' and 'Suggests:' fields.
