Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-24 Thread aprekates
which look normal and the only relation i think found (reason to display it) is because libstd++6 depends on it. Also listed packages like 'wink' not in the repos any more. dpkg -l may show packages which are not installed but are mentionned in installed packages dependencies (

Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-23 Thread Pascal Hambourg
kages like 'wink' not in the repos any more. dpkg -l may show packages which are not installed but are mentionned in installed packages dependencies (Recommends, Suggests, Conflicts...) or were installed and removed but not purged (leaving config files).

Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-22 Thread aprekates
2018 20:24, aprekates wrote: In a new installed system with Debian 9.6 $ dpkg -l will list only packages with 'ii' state and a couple of 'rc'. But if i  run: $ dpkg -l w* i will get a dozen also of 'un' packages. So i dont understand the logic of altering the o

Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-22 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Dan Ritter writes: > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: >> On 21 de dezembro de 2018 20:24, aprekates wrote: >> > In a new installed system with Debian 9.6 >> > >> > $ dpkg -l >> > >> > will list only packages with 'ii' state and a

Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-21 Thread aprekates
any more. On 22/12/18 2:18 π.μ., Oliver Schoede wrote: On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 01:10:34 +0200 aprekates wrote: In my case both: $ dpkg -l w* and $ dpkg -l 'w*' will report the same list Hi! I'm getting the same sort of output and it seems to me these are packages, dpkg

Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-21 Thread Oliver Schoede
On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 01:10:34 +0200 aprekates wrote: > In my case both: > > $ dpkg -l w* > > and > > $ dpkg -l 'w*' > > will report the same list > Hi! I'm getting the same sort of output and it seems to me these are packages, dpkg know

Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-21 Thread aprekates
In my case both: $ dpkg -l w* and $ dpkg -l 'w*' will report the same list # dpkg -l w* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad

Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On 21 de dezembro de 2018 20:24, aprekates wrote: > > In a new installed system with Debian 9.6 > > > > $ dpkg -l > > > > will list only packages with 'ii' state and a couple of 'rc'. > > > > But if

Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-21 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 21 de dezembro de 2018 20:24, aprekates wrote: > In a new installed system with Debian 9.6 > > $ dpkg -l > > will list only packages with 'ii' state and a couple of 'rc'. > > But if i  run: > > $ dpkg -l w* > > i will get a dozen also

Question on dpkg -l output.

2018-12-21 Thread aprekates
In a new installed system with Debian 9.6 $ dpkg -l will list only packages with 'ii' state and a couple of 'rc'. But if i  run: $ dpkg -l w* i will get a dozen also of 'un' packages. So i dont understand the logic of altering the output when i use a pattern .

Re: prevent "dpkg -l" from showing nonexisting packages

2017-03-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 3/13/17, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2017-03-13 00:23:54 -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: >> Let me rephrase my question. If "dpkg -l" cannot do it, is there some >> other command that will only show packages from the current >> repositories? > > Perha

Re: prevent "dpkg -l" from showing nonexisting packages

2017-03-13 Thread Vincent Lefevre
packages that are available in repositories? > > > > Impossible. 'dpkg -l' only shows packages which have files on the system. > > > > Perhaps you would like to reframe your query? > > Let me rephrase my question. If "dpkg -l" cannot do it

Re: prevent "dpkg -l" from showing nonexisting packages

2017-03-12 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Brian wrote: > On Sat 11 Mar 2017 at 10:21:13 -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > >> The output from "dpkg -l" is showing some packages that are not >> present in the repositories I track. > > You are referring to the repositori

Re: prevent "dpkg -l" from showing nonexisting packages

2017-03-11 Thread Brian
On Sat 11 Mar 2017 at 10:21:13 -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > The output from "dpkg -l" is showing some packages that are not > present in the repositories I track. You are referring to the repositories you track now. What about those repositories you no longer track. (Doe

prevent "dpkg -l" from showing nonexisting packages

2017-03-11 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
The output from "dpkg -l" is showing some packages that are not present in the repositories I track. How to change this behaviour so it only shows packages that are available in repositories? Consider for example % dpkg -l \*flash\* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Statu

Re: what is ri in dpkg -l about?

2015-11-30 Thread Darac Marjal
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 01:02:58PM +0100, alberto fuentes wrote: desired = remove, status = install I dont remember marking this packages in anyway, nor are they removed on a full-upgrade or autoremove. So what are these packages about? Luckily, "dpkg -l" gives you a nice header

what is ri in dpkg -l about?

2015-11-28 Thread alberto fuentes
desired = remove, status = install I dont remember marking this packages in anyway, nor are they removed on a full-upgrade or autoremove. So what are these packages about? $ dpkg -l |grep -vE ^ii Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-29 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM, giovanni_re wrote: > Thanks Aaron & Tom - > That's progress, but not there yet. ;) > Further suggestion? Thanks :) You're welcome. I assumed that you only wanted installed packages because I thought that "dpkg -l" was meant f

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-27 Thread Mickey Fox
2010/6/27 giovanni_re : > Is there a way to mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" > - so that given a SearchTerm, > it would find all the related package names in the cache, > then do a "dpkg -l" on those package names? > > > -- > To

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-27 Thread giovanni_re
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:27:14 -0700, "giovanni_re" said: > Note: One way might be to: > 1) Do the apt-cache search > 2) For each line > 2a) Pull out the package name > 2b) Write an apt-cache search for that name only to a temp file Er, that should have been a "dpk

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-27 Thread giovanni_re
6/26/2010 5:57 PM, giovanni_re wrote: > >>> Is there a way to mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" > >>> - so that given a SearchTerm, > >>> it would find all the related package names in the cache, > >>> then do

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-27 Thread giovanni_re
Thanks Aaron & Tom - That's progress, but not there yet. ;) Further suggestion? Thanks :) On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:39:41 -0400, "Tom H" said: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM, giovanni_re wrote: > > Is there a way to mashup "apt-cache search " &

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-27 Thread Tom H
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM, giovanni_re wrote: > Is there a way to mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" > - so that given a SearchTerm, > it would find all the related package names in the cache, > then do a "dpkg -l" on those package names?

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-26 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 6/26/2010 6:58 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On 6/26/2010 6:55 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote: >> On 6/26/2010 5:57 PM, giovanni_re wrote: >>> Is there a way to mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" >>> - so that given a SearchTerm, >>&

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-26 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 6/26/2010 6:55 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote: > On 6/26/2010 5:57 PM, giovanni_re wrote: >> Is there a way to mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" >> - so that given a SearchTerm, >> it would find all the related package names in the cache,

Re: mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-26 Thread Aaron Toponce
On 6/26/2010 5:57 PM, giovanni_re wrote: > Is there a way to mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" > - so that given a SearchTerm, > it would find all the related package names in the cache, > then do a "dpkg -l" on those package names? dpkg -l

mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - HowTo? ; jor

2010-06-26 Thread giovanni_re
Is there a way to mashup "apt-cache search " & "dpkg -l" - so that given a SearchTerm, it would find all the related package names in the cache, then do a "dpkg -l" on those package names? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.o

dpkg -l output (was: how to put packages on hold -- permanently)

2009-12-30 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 04:13:43 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: [...] > I have no idea what the first > three lines of the dpkg -l output below are trying to tell me. > > > :/# dpkg -l postfix > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked

RE: screen width of dpkg -l|grep package name

2007-01-25 Thread Tony Heal
No, I did not know about that. Neat trick. Thanks Tony -Original Message- From: celejar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:35 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: screen width of dpkg -l|grep package name On 1/25/07, Tony Heal <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: screen width of dpkg -l|grep package name

2007-01-25 Thread celejar
On 1/25/07, Tony Heal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] Here is my issue. If I use dpkg –l | grep cupsys I get this. Note that the package name is incomplete. I believe this is caused by the screen width getting set to 80 columns. ii cupsys 1.1.23-10sarge Common UNIX Pr

screen width of dpkg -l|grep package name

2007-01-25 Thread Tony Heal
I am trying to determine how to get a complete list of installed packages using 'dpkg -l'. Here is my issue. If I use dpkg -l | grep cupsys I get this. Note that the package name is incomplete. I believe this is caused by the screen width getting set to 80 columns.

Re: dpkg -l is not listing packages on a new Etch installation

2006-06-05 Thread Magnus Therning
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 23:47:31 -0400, H.S. wrote: > >Hello, > >Today I reinstalled Etch on my machine. After upgrading and everything, >I noticed that "dpkg -l" is not listing some of the packages which are >not already installed. I was looking for vim for example

dpkg -l is not listing packages on a new Etch installation

2006-06-05 Thread H.S.
Hello, Today I reinstalled Etch on my machine. After upgrading and everything, I noticed that "dpkg -l" is not listing some of the packages which are not already installed. I was looking for vim for example, and "dpkg -l vim" did not list it. However "apt-get -s ins

Re: remove a package entry that has "rc" in the begining on "dpkg -l"

2006-02-02 Thread Siju George
On 2/1/06, Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060201 08:47]: > > > I understand that the package below is not installed but the > > confiruration files remain > > Yes, that's correct. > > > > #

Re: remove a package entry that has "rc" in the begining on "dpkg -l"

2006-02-01 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Siju George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060201 08:47]: > I understand that the package below is not installed but the > confiruration files remain Yes, that's correct. > # dpkg -l |grep apache > rc libapache2-mod 4.3.10-16 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag

Re: remove a package entry that has "rc" in the begining on "dpkg -l"

2006-02-01 Thread Magnus Therning
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 01:17:31PM +0530, Siju George wrote: >Hi all, > >I understand that the package below is not installed but the >confiruration files remain > ># dpkg -l |grep apache >rc libapache2-mod 4.3.10-16 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag

Re: remove a package entry that has "rc" in the begining on "dpkg -l"

2006-02-01 Thread Simo Kauppi
On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 01:17:31PM +0530, Siju George wrote: > Hi all, > > I understand that the package below is not installed but the > confiruration files remain > > # dpkg -l |grep apache > rc libapache2-mod 4.3.10-16 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag &g

remove a package entry that has "rc" in the begining on "dpkg -l"

2006-01-31 Thread Siju George
Hi all, I understand that the package below is not installed but the confiruration files remain # dpkg -l |grep apache rc libapache2-mod 4.3.10-16 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag How do I purge the configuration files too and get this package out of dpkg listing? Thankyou so

Re: dpkg -l / truncation of names

2005-08-22 Thread Carl Greco
Sebastian Kayser wrote: Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: I would like to save the names of all the installed packages. # dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' Does the work, but some packages with long names are name truncated. What's the option to provide to display the full name?

Re: dpkg -l / truncation of names

2005-08-22 Thread Sebastian Kayser
Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > I would like to save the names of all the installed packages. > > # dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' > > Does the work, but some packages with long names are name truncated. > What's the option to provide to display the full name? a)

Re: dpkg -l / truncation of names

2005-08-22 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 03:37:50PM +0200, Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote: > Hi, > I would like to save the names of all the installed packages. > > # dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' > > Does the work, but some packages with long names are name truncated. > What's

dpkg -l / truncation of names

2005-08-22 Thread Rakotomandimby Mihamina
Hi, I would like to save the names of all the installed packages. # dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' Does the work, but some packages with long names are name truncated. What's the option to provide to display the full name? Thank you. -- Administration & Formation à l'ad

Re: dpkg -l question

2005-06-29 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 09:20:55PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I see that when I run > # dpkg -l > > I get a nice listing of installed packages, but if I pipe > that command into less or more or even grep , > then the listing gets scrunched up, and it cuts of

Re: dpkg -l question

2005-06-29 Thread michael
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I see that when I run # dpkg -l I get a nice listing of installed packages, but if I pipe that command into less or more or even grep , then the listing gets scrunched up, and it cuts off the end of packages with longer names. Is there a way to display it to

dpkg -l question

2005-06-29 Thread michael
Hello, I see that when I run # dpkg -l I get a nice listing of installed packages, but if I pipe that command into less or more or even grep , then the listing gets scrunched up, and it cuts off the end of packages with longer names. Is there a way to display it to show the long name? or is

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Adam Funk wrote: > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 10:40, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > I would backup /var/backups. That directory includes a copy of the > > I already back up /etc. Where do the /var/backups/dpkg.status.* files > come from? The come from: /var/lib/dpkg/status > > dpkg status file and a

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread csj
On 18. May 2004 at 2:03PM GMT, Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 14:50, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Those both set the COLUMNS shell variable but fail to export it to the > > dpkg subprocess (you need an explicit 'export' to do tha

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Adam Funk
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 14:50, Colin Watson wrote: > Those both set the COLUMNS shell variable but fail to export it to the > dpkg subprocess (you need an explicit 'export' to do that). > 'COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l' is a special syntax that adds the variable to > the en

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread George Cristian Birzan
On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 08:34:53AM +, Adam Funk wrote: > I want to dump a complete list of installed packages to a file as part > of my backup procedure. man dpkg-query suggests using > --showformat=format, in particular: "Package information can be > included by inserting variable referenc

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 01:18:50PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Excellent. I had tried these: > > > > (COLUMNS=200 ; dpkg -l) |head > > (COLUMNS=200 && dpkg -l) |head > > > > but got the narrow

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 11:40:53AM +, Adam Funk wrote: > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 10:20, Thomas Adam wrote: > > --- Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> (Sorry about the long lines but they illustrate the output I'm > >> talking about.) > >

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 18 May 2004 10:20, Thomas Adam wrote: > > > --- Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> (Sorry about the long lines but they illustrate the output I'm > >> talking about.) >

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Adam Funk
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 10:40, Bob Proulx wrote: > I would backup /var/backups. That directory includes a copy of the I already back up /etc. Where do the /var/backups/dpkg.status.* files come from? > dpkg status file and a few other tidbits from the system. From that > you can recreate your s

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Adam Funk
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 10:20, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> (Sorry about the long lines but they illustrate the output I'm >> talking about.) >> >> ``dpkg -l'' on its own in a terminal produces wide o

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Mal Beaton
Adam Funk wrote: (Sorry about the long lines but they illustrate the output I'm talking about.) ``dpkg -l'' on its own in a terminal produces wide output, e.g.: $ dpkg -l perl* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Adam Funk wrote: > ``dpkg -l'' on its own in a terminal produces wide output, e.g.: > [...] > but when I send its output to a pipe or a file, I get narrow > output: I thought dpkg -l used COLUMNS or the current tty columns to base its output. Which makes me think you have

Re: Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Sorry about the long lines but they illustrate the output I'm > talking about.) > > ``dpkg -l'' on its own in a terminal produces wide output, e.g.: COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l | pipe | pipe | pipe | more | more | yay Chan

Getting wide ``dpkg -l'' output in scripts and pipes.

2004-05-18 Thread Adam Funk
(Sorry about the long lines but they illustrate the output I'm talking about.) ``dpkg -l'' on its own in a terminal produces wide output, e.g.: $ dpkg -l perl* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ E

Re: Reading output of 'dpkg -l'

2004-03-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Colin Watson gave me a command to change the column width of the output. Now I'm embarrassed to say I cannot find his response (I did save it but Lord knows where, and I can't find it by searching the archives). Someone help me out, please? COLUMNS= dpkg -l I saw that in the man page befor

Re: Reading output of 'dpkg -l'

2004-03-17 Thread john gennard
mbarrassed to say I cannot find his response (I did save it but Lord knows where, and I can't find it by searching the archives). Someone help me out, please? COLUMNS= dpkg -l Cheers, Thanks Colin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: Reading output of 'dpkg -l'

2004-03-17 Thread Colin Watson
>I had the same problem some time ago and Colin Watson gave me > >>a command to change the column width of the output. Now I'm > >>embarrassed to say I cannot find his response (I did save it but > >>Lord knows where, and I can't find it by searching the archives)

Re: Reading output of 'dpkg -l'

2004-03-17 Thread s. keeling
some time ago and Colin Watson gave me > >>a command to change the column width of the output. Now I'm > >>embarrassed to say I cannot find his response (I did save it but > >>Lord knows where, and I can't find it by searc

Re: Reading output of 'dpkg -l'

2004-03-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
rrassed to say I cannot find his response (I did save it but Lord knows where, and I can't find it by searching the archives). Someone help me out, please? COLUMNS= dpkg -l Cheers, I saw that in the man page before, but on woody it seems to do nothing: export COLUMNS=2 dpkg -l puts out 4

Re: Reading output of 'dpkg -l'

2004-03-17 Thread Colin Watson
barrassed to say I cannot find his response (I did save it but > Lord knows where, and I can't find it by searching the archives). > Someone help me out, please? COLUMNS= dpkg -l Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Reading output of 'dpkg -l'

2004-03-17 Thread john gennard
I can't read the full descriptions of certain packages in the above output. I had the same problem some time ago and Colin Watson gave me a command to change the column width of the output. Now I'm embarrassed to say I cannot find his response (I did save it but Lord knows where, and I can't find

Re: Does dpkg -l refer only to installed, as opposed to available, packages?

2004-02-15 Thread David
On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 12:12:38PM -0800, C. Chad Wallace wrote: > Mario Vukelic wrote: > >On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 03:24, Colin Watson wrote: > It says the same for me in the man page for dpkg-query(8), but when I do > a dpkg -l, all the packages listed are either 'ii&#x

Re: Does dpkg -l refer only to installed, as opposed to available, packages?

2004-02-14 Thread C. Chad Wallace
Mario Vukelic wrote: On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 03:24, Colin Watson wrote: 'dpkg -p' lists whatever's in /var/lib/dpkg/available; 'dpkg -l' lists whatever's in /var/lib/dpkg/status. Uh, for me (dpkg 1.9.21) man says -l lists available, and -p dpkg -p|--print-avail p

Bug#232639: Does dpkg -l refer only to installed, as opposed to available, packages?

2004-02-14 Thread Colin Watson
Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.18 Severity: minor On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 11:07:07AM +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote: > On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 03:24, Colin Watson wrote: > > 'dpkg -p' lists whatever's in /var/lib/dpkg/available; 'dpkg -l' > > lists whatever

Re: Does dpkg -l refer only to installed, as opposed to available, packages?

2004-02-14 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 03:24, Colin Watson wrote: > 'dpkg -p' lists whatever's in /var/lib/dpkg/available; 'dpkg -l' lists > whatever's in /var/lib/dpkg/status. Uh, for me (dpkg 1.9.21) man says -l lists available, and -p dpkg -p|--print-avail package

Re: Does dpkg -l refer only to installed, as opposed to available, packages?

2004-02-13 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 10:43:34PM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > Is it a bug that > > dpkg -p kernel-source-2.6.2 > > shows information about kernel-source-2.6.2 while > > dpkg -l kernel-source-2.6.2 > > claims the Version is and the Description is (no d

Re: Does dpkg -l refer only to installed, as opposed to available, packages?

2004-02-13 Thread Jan Suchy
Shaul Karl wrote: Is it a bug that dpkg -p kernel-source-2.6.2 shows information about kernel-source-2.6.2 while dpkg -l kernel-source-2.6.2 claims the Version is and the Description is (no description available)? It looks like dpkg -l refers only to packages that are

Does dpkg -l refer only to installed, as opposed to available, packages?

2004-02-13 Thread Shaul Karl
Is it a bug that dpkg -p kernel-source-2.6.2 shows information about kernel-source-2.6.2 while dpkg -l kernel-source-2.6.2 claims the Version is and the Description is (no description available)? It looks like dpkg -l refers only to packages that are installed, which is not

Re: dpkg -l output

2003-12-21 Thread Rick Pasotto
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 08:36:38PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 02:56:10PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > When I do 'dpkg -l' now all I get back are installed packages. I used > > to have to grep for an initial 'i' to get just thos

Re: dpkg -l output

2003-12-21 Thread Paul Morgan
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 20:36:38 +, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 02:56:10PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: >> When I do 'dpkg -l' now all I get back are installed packages. I used >> to have to grep for an initial 'i' to get just those. How d

Re: dpkg -l output

2003-12-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 11:45:48PM +0100, GCS wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 08:36:38PM +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dpkg -l \* > > > > It's been like this ever since I started using Debian, IIRC. > > Uh-oh. I just have not kn

Re: dpkg -l output

2003-12-21 Thread GCS
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 08:36:38PM +, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > dpkg -l \* > > It's been like this ever since I started using Debian, IIRC. Uh-oh. I just have not know this. Good priest learn 'till death (hungarian sentence). I just bow in front

Re: dpkg -l output

2003-12-21 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 02:56:10PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > When I do 'dpkg -l' now all I get back are installed packages. I used > to have to grep for an initial 'i' to get just those. How do I see *all* > available packages? dpkg -l \* It's been li

Re: dpkg -l output

2003-12-21 Thread GCS
On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 02:56:10PM -0500, Rick Pasotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I do 'dpkg -l' now all I get back are installed packages. I used > to have to grep for an initial 'i' to get just those. How do I see *all* > available packages? Hmmm. It

Re: dpkg -l output

2003-12-21 Thread Martin J Hooper
On 21 Dec 2003 at 14:56, Rick Pasotto wrote: > When I do 'dpkg -l' now all I get back are installed packages. I used > to have to grep for an initial 'i' to get just those. How do I see > *all* available packages? Are you looking for something in particular? If so

dpkg -l output

2003-12-21 Thread Rick Pasotto
When I do 'dpkg -l' now all I get back are installed packages. I used to have to grep for an initial 'i' to get just those. How do I see *all* available packages? -- "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when

Re: Where does "dpkg -l" reads package info?

2003-02-19 Thread Travis Crump
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.

Re: Where does "dpkg -l" reads package info?

2003-02-19 Thread David Z Maze
"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

Where does "dpkg -l" reads package info?

2003-02-19 Thread Yildiz, Murat
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

Re: dpkg -l $args | grep ^ii

2002-05-31 Thread Ben White
try COLUMNS=132 dpkg -l instead, that'll have more space to have each field in the table bigger. On Fri, 31 May 2002, Oleg wrote: > Hi > > A question about good old dpkg -l $args | grep ^ii : > > Is there any way to convince dpkg not to shorten the second field of the >

dpkg -l $args | grep ^ii

2002-05-31 Thread Oleg
Hi A question about good old dpkg -l $args | grep ^ii : Is there any way to convince dpkg not to shorten the second field of the output, i.e. make sure the full names of packages are displayed? Thanks Oleg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: dpkg -l long-package-names

2002-04-04 Thread Josh McKinney
On approximately Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 02:31:25PM -0700, Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Hanspeter Roth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > the command `dpkg -l ...' prints a name colunm which length is > > limited. As a result long package names are cut and may be displa

Re: dpkg -l long-package-names

2002-04-04 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Hanspeter Roth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the command `dpkg -l ...' prints a name colunm which length is > limited. As a result long package names are cut and may be displayed > ambigiously. > Is there an option to habe the name colunm wider? Run it like:

dpkg -l long-package-names

2002-04-04 Thread Hanspeter Roth
Hello, the command `dpkg -l ...' prints a name colunm which length is limited. As a result long package names are cut and may be displayed ambigiously. Is there an option to habe the name colunm wider? -Hanspeter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "u

RE: "dpkg -l" redirection

2002-03-11 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
dpkg-awk "Status: .* installed$" -- Package | cut -d: -f2. -Ramesh -Original Message- From: Jim Woodruff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 1:27 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: "dpkg -l" redirection Does anyone have a way of redi

Re: "dpkg -l" redirection

2002-03-10 Thread Jim Woodruff
On 10 Mar 2002, Oliver Elphick wrote: > On Sun, 2002-03-10 at 19:26, Jim Woodruff wrote: > > Does anyone have a way of redirecting the standard output of "dpkg -l" to > > a file without the truncation that takes place? > > $ COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l > file > Than

Re: "dpkg -l" redirection

2002-03-10 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sun, 2002-03-10 at 19:26, Jim Woodruff wrote: > Does anyone have a way of redirecting the standard output of "dpkg -l" to > a file without the truncation that takes place? $ COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l > file -- Oliver Elphick[EMAIL PROTE

"dpkg -l" redirection

2002-03-10 Thread Jim Woodruff
Does anyone have a way of redirecting the standard output of "dpkg -l" to a file without the truncation that takes place? Thanks in advance for any advice. Jim -- Jim Woodruff < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: question about "dpkg -l"

2002-01-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 08 January 2002 11:03 pm, dman wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:48:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > | What do ii & ri mean in the 1st column of the dpkg output? > > You snipped it out : > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > >

Re: question about "dpkg -l"

2002-01-08 Thread dman
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 10:48:57PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | | What do ii & ri mean in the 1st column of the dpkg output? You snipped it out : Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-

question about "dpkg -l"

2002-01-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What do ii & ri mean in the 1st column of the dpkg output? ii xlibs 4.1.0-9X Window System client libraries ii zlib1g 1.1.3-5compression library - runtime ii zlib1g-dev 1.1.3-5compression library - devel

Re: 'auto-apt search' vs 'dpkg -L'

2002-01-03 Thread Alec
On Thursday 03 January 2002 03:30 am, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 03-Jan-2002 Alec wrote: > > Hi > > > > I noticed that (on woody) searching for a file with auto-apt will > > sometimes produce no results, while dpkg -L may list the file. E.g. > > $

Re: 'auto-apt search' vs 'dpkg -L'

2002-01-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 03-Jan-2002 Alec wrote: > Hi > > I noticed that (on woody) searching for a file with auto-apt will sometimes > produce no results, while dpkg -L may list the file. E.g. > $ auto-apt search pa_sml > $ dpkg -L camlp4 | grep pa_sml > /usr/lib/camlp4/pa_sml.cmo > >

'auto-apt search' vs 'dpkg -L'

2002-01-03 Thread Alec
Hi I noticed that (on woody) searching for a file with auto-apt will sometimes produce no results, while dpkg -L may list the file. E.g. $ auto-apt search pa_sml $ dpkg -L camlp4 | grep pa_sml /usr/lib/camlp4/pa_sml.cmo Why? Thanks Alec

Re: field width with dpkg -l

2001-10-31 Thread dman
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 02:52:24PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: | Michael P. Soulier wrote: | | > Beyond stretching my terminal to it's maximum possible width, is there a | > way to control the field width of the display from dpkg -l? | > | > ie. | > [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: field width with dpkg -l

2001-10-31 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 02:52:24PM -0800, Craig Dickson wrote: > > This should do it: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] msoulier]$ COLUMNS=255 dpkg -l 'netscape*' | grep ^i Cool, thanks. I'll look at --get-selections as well, as suggested by the other helpful person.

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