On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 12:37:12AM -0600, Jacob S. wrote: > On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 00:12:32 -0600 > "David Dyer-Bennet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The apt-get tool, from what little I've seen so far, is quite nice. I > > didn't find dependencies especially hard to manage in RedHat, though, > > and apt-get seems to sacrifice the *really really useful* rpm -ql and > > rpm -qf capabilities (asking for all the files in a package, and > > asking for what package a file came from). At least I haven't found > > how to do it yet. > > dpkg -L <package_name> - lists the files installed by 'package_name' > > dpkg -S <file_name> - lists the package(s) that contain files matching > the 'file_name' you entered. > > "man dpkg" for some more really helpful tools. It's not part of apt, but > still uses Debian's great package management system.
You have it backwards. :) dpkg *is* Debian's package management system, and apt uses it to perform all its fundamental package management operations. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
