On Sun, Jun 19, 2005 at 10:40:22PM +0200, John Smith wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hi Arthur, > > run 'dselect update' after each 'apt-get update/upgrade/install' > to update dpkg's information.
Hi users of debian,
I found a new script that syncs dpkg and apt's 'available' database
(finally). It is called 'sync-available' from the 'grep-dctrl' package.
Cheers,
Kev
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