In , Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/debian_notes_cheat_sheets.html#get_and_o
>r_set_list%20_of_installed_packages
>
>but as i read that, i saw references to the two commands:
>
> debconf-get-selections
> debconf-set-selections
>
>yet i see only the first of those two
hi, i want to save all my package info off to the side and do a
re-install of lenny so i can restructure my logical volumes. (i
realize i can do that manually with the various lvm commands but given
how much i want to move things around, and that this install is still
on a new server which
David Z Maze wrote:
"Yildiz, Murat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
and run apt-setup and let read all 8 cd's
but it seems it doesn't write available and status files again.
The canonical way to do this is to run 'apt-get update', hit 'u' in
aptitude, or select "update" from dselect's main menu.
"Yildiz, Murat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> where does "dpkg -l" or deselect|select reads package info?
> /var/lib/dpkg/available or status? or both?
> I tried to delete these two files
Ow. Don't do that; you've now caused dselect to forget that
Hi,
where does "dpkg -l" or deselect|select reads package info?
/var/lib/dpkg/available or status? or both?
I tried to delete these two files and run apt-setup and let read all 8 cd's
but it seems it doesn't write available and status files again.
What to do when these t
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 02:13:45PM -0400, Bob Bagwill wrote:
>
> It would also be nice to know whether the development effort
> is a one-man-show, benevolent dictatorship, participatory
> democracy, hallucinatory anarchy, etc.
Ok, i have to ask... how does the hallucinatory anarchy development
mo
On 30-May-2000 Bob Bagwill wrote:
> IMHO, package pages, e.g.
> http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/base/bash.html
> should have a pointer to the package homepage if it exists,
> and more info about the author(s), development effort, etc.
>
all of this info is in the copyright file link
IMHO, package pages, e.g.
http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/base/bash.html
should have a pointer to the package homepage if it exists,
and more info about the author(s), development effort, etc.
It would be nice to have an idea whether a package is under
current rapid development, matur
On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 12:40:57PM +0200, Egbert Bouwman wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 09:36:35PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > You can read the packages status file for information from
> > /var/lib/dpkg/status. This lists, IIRC, all packages available from
> > your various apt source
On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 09:36:35PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> You can read the packages status file for information from
> /var/lib/dpkg/status. This lists, IIRC, all packages available from
> your various apt sources, whether installed or not, and is somewhat more
> flexible than lookin
On Fri, Apr 21, 2000 at 01:27:40PM -0500, Irish, Jon D wrote:
> Is there a comprehensive list somewhere, of all of the available Debian
> packages, that describes them in detail? Being new, sometimes I am not too
> sure what exactly I need to install to acomplish what I want to do (vague, I
> know
On 4/21/2000, 1:27:40 PM, "Irish, Jon D"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Is there a comprehensive list somewhere, of all of the available
Debian
> packages, that describes them in detail? Being new, sometimes I am not
too
> sure what exactly I need to install to acomplish what I want to do
(vague,
Irish, Jon D wrote:
> Is there a comprehensive list somewhere, of all of the available Debian
> packages, that describes them in detail? Being new, sometimes I am not too
> sure what exactly I need to install to acomplish what I want to do (vague, I
> know ;-). The DSELECT program is pretty much ov
Is there a comprehensive list somewhere, of all of the available Debian
packages, that describes them in detail? Being new, sometimes I am not too
sure what exactly I need to install to acomplish what I want to do (vague, I
know ;-). The DSELECT program is pretty much overwhelming for me, thus I am
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