On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 01:11:32AM +0200, Simo Kauppi wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 03:57:59PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > I'm not much further ahead of you, so let me give you one last tip, if
> > you didn't find it out by yourself already: apt-cache searches also by
> > package descript
Simo Kauppi wrote:
On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 03:57:59PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
I'm not much further ahead of you, so let me give you one last tip, if
you didn't find it out by yourself already: apt-cache searches also by
package description. This is one feature i would like to have in
On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 07:31 -0200, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Dec 09 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > Also have a look at wajig. One of the best-kept secrets in linux IMO.
>
> I don't know if wajig works for other distributions, but indeed, it is a
> wonderful tool. It merges many of the functiona
On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 03:57:59PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> I'm not much further ahead of you, so let me give you one last tip, if
> you didn't find it out by yourself already: apt-cache searches also by
> package description. This is one feature i would like to have in
Do you mean like
I'm not much further ahead of you, so let me give you one last tip, if
you didn't find it out by yourself already: apt-cache searches also by
package description. This is one feature i would like to have in
aptitude (if it's there i missed it, though i went twice through the
docs). The package
Hi all
Thanks very much to everyone for the useful feedback. As a newcomer to
Debian, it is fascinating to see the added functionality that it has, but
not always clear to know where to look to find it.
I was telling someone how impressed I was with the way Debian managed
installing source packa
On Dec 09 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Also have a look at wajig. One of the best-kept secrets in linux IMO.
I don't know if wajig works for other distributions, but indeed, it is a
wonderful tool. It merges many of the functionality that other dpkg-*
and apt-* supply, with a simple consistent
On 08 Dec 2005, Justin Guerin wrote:
> On Thursday 08 December 2005 04:02, Jim Holland wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I have been very impressed with aptitude for the way that it handles the
> > installation of packages. I have recently moved from Red Hat and this is
> > a vast improvement. However I
Justin Guerin wrote:
>
> dpkg -L will also list all files installed by that package.
> debsums, as Andrei mentioned, will verify the installed files.
>
> Justin Guerin
>
>
Of course, it is also smart to mention that some packages will generate
files during the post-install and so won't be l
On Thursday 08 December 2005 04:02, Jim Holland wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have been very impressed with aptitude for the way that it handles the
> installation of packages. I have recently moved from Red Hat and this is
> a vast improvement. However I have not been able to see a simple way of
> listi
and debsums for the verifying part
Andrei
Jim Holland wrote:
Hi all
I have been very impressed with aptitude for the way that it handles the
installation of packages. I have recently moved from Red Hat and this is
a vast improvement. However I have not been able to see a simple way of
listi
Check the apt-file package
#aptitude show apt-file
Andrei
Jim Holland wrote:
Hi all
I have been very impressed with aptitude for the way that it handles the
installation of packages. I have recently moved from Red Hat and this is
a vast improvement. However I have not been able to see a sim
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