On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 05:33:23PM -0400, Mario St-Gelais wrote: > On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:04:49 -0700 (PDT) > gmspro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is there any way to know how many packages are installed? > > Is it possible to know if a package is installed or not? > > > > Thanks. > > > > I am very new to LFS. I wrote a very complex script I called wg :P: > > #!/bin/bash > wget $1 > echo $1>>/sources/wget_log.txt > > So I keep a log of what's downloaded. > With respect, that doesn't tell you if you have compiled and installed it, only that you downloaded it. It also might give a false result if wget fails. In my case, I use 'ls' to see if I downloaded a package, and hope that I notice any failed downloads (mostly, I use firefox on a desktop for downloads - I deviate from the book by NOT building in /sources because for me that is an nfs mount).
In LFS people sometimes either forget to install a package, or accidentally jump a page and skip a package. There are many ways of recording that a *script* completed, but we always tell people to build things in LFS _by_hand_ for at least the first time. When you understand how it all fits together, creating scripts which suit your own way of working is the right thing to do. Typically, you will want to write a 'stamp' file somewhere to show that a package has been built and installed. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
