On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 12:11:23PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > >On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:38:33 -0700 > >"Martin Paraskevov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed. > >>is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well? > >> > >>- martin > > > >dpkg -l | grep <package name> > > > Better: > > dpkg -l <package name>
Don't forget about using expressions with that, eg.: 'dpkg -l *latex*' Most of you probably already knew that, but I thought I'd mention it as I use it often ;) -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If mathematically you end up with the wrong answer, try multiplying by the page number. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
