On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 11:30:41 +0100, Lisi wrote: > I have searched Wikipedia and the Debian wiki. I have Googled. I am clearly > using the wrong search terms, although I tried rewording in sundry different > ways. > > Approximately, in round terms, how may packages are available in Debian > (Squeeze?) > 1. in main > 2. in main, contrib and non-free
Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to have only the line deb <your_mirror> squeeze non-free Then apt-get update and look at the output. Add "contrib" to the line above and repeat, Do the same with "main" added. Do sums. -- 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/20121016105555.GG4530@desktop
