On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 13:01:14 +0100
Arthur B Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just installed debian 3.1 and i have a strange problem. I've had it once
> before, but it dissapeared by it self.
> Or maby i fixed it without knowing what i was doing.
>
> A dpkg -l shows only a list of installed packages. But i can use apt-get
> install package, when i know what the package is called.
> Then it shows up in dpkg -l.
>
> Does anyone know why this is so?
>
> arthur
>
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Hi Arthur,
run 'dselect update' after each 'apt-get update/upgrade/install'
to update dpkg's information.
dpkg 's use like that is deprecated, use 'apt-cache stats'
Sincerely,
Jan.
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