Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-28 Thread Stephen
On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 01:23:30PM +0200 or thereabouts, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > How about > aptitude search ~iapt > showing all installed packages with substring "apt" in their name? Now that is way cool. Thanks ! -- Regards Stephen

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-28 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
How about aptitude search ~iapt showing all installed packages with substring "apt" in their name? Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-27 Thread Christopher Nelson
On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 12:11:23PM +0200, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > Rodney D. Myers wrote: > >On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:38:33 -0700 > >"Martin Paraskevov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed. > >>is this possible to do with apt-get or some othe

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-27 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Rodney D. Myers wrote: On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:38:33 -0700 "Martin Paraskevov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed. is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well? - martin dpkg -l | grep Better: dpkg -l Johannes -- To UNS

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-26 Thread Bill Jones
On 6/26/06, Martin Paraskevov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed. is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well? apt-cache policy package For example: debian:~# apt-cache policy aptitude aptitude: Installed: 0.4.1-1.1 Candidate

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-26 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Monday 26 June 2006 20:38, Martin Paraskevov wrote: > rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed. > is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well? > > - martin $ apt-cache policy apt apt: Installed: 0.6.44.2 Candidate: 0.6.44.2 Version table: *** 0.6.44.2 0

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-26 Thread Rick Macdonald
Rick Macdonald wrote: Martin Paraskevov wrote: rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed. is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well? Here are a couple, not to mention the various GUIs: rickmlinux:~# dpkg --get-selections|grep apt apt

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-26 Thread Rick Macdonald
Martin Paraskevov wrote: rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed. is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well? Here are a couple, not to mention the various GUIs: rickmlinux:~# dpkg --get-selections|grep apt apt in

Re: how to check whether a package has been installed

2006-06-26 Thread Rodney D. Myers
On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 16:38:33 -0700 "Martin Paraskevov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed. > is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well? > > - martin dpkg -l | grep -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Lin