Just thought of something, would: "aptitude search '?new' '?uninstalled'" show the new packages that aren't yet on the system? On Wed, 4 Jul 2012, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 12:47:33AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > One thing I read as the end result of some update operations is a certain > > number of new. I take it to mean new packages if I'm correct. What I'd > > like to know is if any utility exists that can tell me the names of the > > new packages. If I can get that much information, I can probably use > > apt-cache to read the package descriptions for the new packages. > > One way to find this out is to start aptitude in it's Curses-UI mode > (just run aptitude with no arguments). You will be shown a window with > two panes, top and bottom. In the top pane, the bar-cursor is in a tree > structure. The first branch of that tree probably reads "New Packages > (nnn)". Press return and the tree will expand that branch to show some > categories (admin, database, devel etc). Move down onto one of these and > press return again; you'll get a list of components (main, contrib, > non-free, etc). Open one of these and you'll see the list of packages in > that component for that category. Repeat as desired. > > Alternatively, simply enter "aptitude search '?new'" at a prompt. :) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Windows Pants: made entirely of patches on patches each with a picture of a Microsoft Vacuum Cleaner; a computer mouse, or a dollar sign. Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.bsf.2.01.1207040631170.93...@freire1.furyyjbeyq.arg
