On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > > > is there any way to get a list of what kde packages are available? The > > > > > > no way to get a full list. You can find out what packages make up > > > task-kde > > > by looking in /var/lib/dpkg/available > > > > > > > > > Not to look the free software horse in the mouth, or anything, but is > > there anything that can be done about this? It would be terribly > > convenient to be able to browse as per www.debian.org/distrib/packages. > > submit a change request to every Debian package to include some bit of > information that would say what it is. I mean...how do you know what is or > is not a KDE package. (not every KDE package depends on kde libraries let > alone qt)
I don't see why ... isn't that already the case? If you select task-kde in dselect, you'll see a whole list of dependencies/recommendations/suggestions showing up and each of those packages explains what it does (and search for it). If you complain about the lack of information in apt-get (that's true, but it's perfect for updates), use an interface like dselect/console-apt/aptitude. Bart
