On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 06:58:41PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:12:59 +0900 > Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Am installing Debian on a 486 laptop, and because I want to trim down > > > the installation as much as possible, how do I view a list of what's > > > installed by apt-get on the laptop? DSelect is useless as it marks some > > > > > > stuff that hasn't been installed as to be installed. > > > > dpkg -l | grep ^ii > > dpkg -l works just fine, since it only reports the installed packages.
On my hybrid woody/sarge system, dpkg -l "*lib*" (for example) includes lots of libraries that are status "un" and "pn" which are definitely not installed. But that's just my US$0.0142573 (CDN$0.02) -- YMMV. -- Shaun Crossley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whatever.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
