Hello Tony Bazeley (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I'm new to Debian and have done a base installation of Woody 3.0 R1 > from CDROM, and am now in the process of installing packages not on > the single CD. > > I've obtained the packages I want, but dpkg-scanpackages yields: > "bash- command not found". I've also searched the installed system, > and the cdrom using "find / -name dpk*" with no results. > > It seems dpkg-scanpackages is commonly found in /usr/bin, but not in > my installation. Go to <http://packages.debian.org>. You can search package contents there. Or install apt-file, which will allow you to do that locally. Or take a look at apt-ftparchive, which can do what dpkg-scanpackages does, and more. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
