I'm just a very curious guy... On 7/7/05, Dexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I don't know, maybe they use different cache. > But I'm curious, why do you need to know number of available packages? > What is this information good for? > Dexter2 > > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 10:14 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > Thanks, but 'apt-cache stats' tells me that the number of listed > > (Normal) packages (I run unstable) is 16286 while 'synaptic' puts that > > number at 16486. > > > > malebo > > > > On 7/7/05, Dexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > see commands: "apt-cache" and "apt-get". Those are commands for > > > searching and installing debian packages on command line. Maybe you can > > > make some script of it. See manuals. > > > Dexter2 > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 06:14 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Could someone tell me of commands that will help me see a number of > > > > available packages. Currently I could only do that with 'synaptic' > > > > which is all I use it for. > > > > > > > > malebo > > > > > > > >
