Willy Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 29/09/2000 (09:43) : > Hello all, > > After my first 'apt-get update', I wanted to see a list of what was > newly available to install or upgrade. 'man apt-get' left me no wiser > as to whether there is a way to do this with apt-get. What I ended up > doing was guessing as to a package name, and doing 'apt-get -s install > foo' to see if it existed. Is there a better way? Or do you > generally use something like gnome-apt or dselect to do this? > > Also, is there a way to find out what packages > depend/suggest/recommend with apt-get? Or a description of a package?
Description: dpkg -s pacakge List all files: dpkg -L pacakge list all packages: dpkg -l I use apt-get, dpkg and dselect. You also have aptitude, apt-console. > I guess what I'm getting at is, can I do everything just with apt-get, > or do you need to use something else for this kind of stuff. This is perhaps because you use Emacs :-) One monster app should do _everything_ kind of attitude :-) No, apt-get and dpkg is a killer combo. Preben Vim user. No emacs installed. -- Preben Randhol - Ph.D student - http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ "i too once thought that when proved wrong that i lost somehow" - i was hoping, alanis morisette
