On 29-Sep-2000 Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 09:54:29AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > >> Description: dpkg -s pacakge >> List all files: dpkg -L pacakge >> list all packages: dpkg -l > > So, does that mean apt-get's cache is shared with dpkg then? I > thought > they were separate, due to the apt-cache program. I'm actually a little > confused about what dbs exist, and what is updated when I do an apt-get > update.
dpkg's database s in /var/lib/dpkg. apt has the package lists in /var/state/apt/lists, and the cache (the binary database & packages) in /var/cache/apt. So if you do an apt-get update, only apt's lists are updated (unless you use the dselect apt method, which merges the apt database with dpkg's). With apt-cache you search the binary db of apt. dpkg knows about a package only if the package description is in his available list. Thus if a new package appears in apt's list, apt-cache will know about it, but dpkg won't (unless you install the package). >> Preben Vim user. No emacs installed. > > Here here. Vim rocks. Agreed :)
