On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:59:21 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > Without the faffing about with getting a root prompt and using an > editor: > > cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section:' | wc -l > cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section: non-free' | wc -l > cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section: contrib' | wc -l > > 28,795, 403 and 187 respectively for me. > > The first one gives me 926 on an amd64 X-less squeeze server, which is around the number of installed packages. sources.list: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free # squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile' deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free 'apt-cache stats' from the same machine gives: Total package names: 37481 (750 k) Total package structures: 37481 (2,099 k) Normal packages: 28432 Pure virtual packages: 390 Single virtual packages: 3261 Mixed virtual packages: 258 Missing: 5140 Total distinct versions: 28904 (2,081 k) Total distinct descriptions: 28904 (694 k) Total dependencies: 177309 (4,965 k) Total ver/file relations: 30947 (743 k) Total Desc/File relations: 28904 (694 k) Total Provides mappings: 5838 (117 k) Total globbed strings: 133 (1,465 ) Total dependency version space: 734 k Total slack space: 49.2 k Total space accounted for: 10.1 M Being X-less, there's no Synaptic, however on my sid workstation, Synaptic reports '39614 packages listed' as being the sum of stats' 'Normal packages' and 'Mixed virtual packages', which would be 28,690 here. -- Joe -- 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/20121016161523.0f3f1...@jretrading.com
