On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, M.C. Vernon wrote: : On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : > I knew dpkg did the install, but where does it track what it did? Is there a : > dpkg log somewhere? : : dpkg -l lists packages installed. : dpkg --get-selections produces an output which you could later feed to : dpkg --set-selections to restore a ***ed system
Furthermore: `dpkg -L foo' lists all files installed by package foo `dpkg -s foo' tells you everything you need to know about package foo. `dpkg -S foo' tells you which package(s) contain "foo", e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ dpkg -S */dpkg dpkg: /usr/include/dpkg dpkg: /etc/dpkg dpkg, base-files: /var/lib/dpkg dpkg: /usr/bin/dpkg apt, dpkg: /usr/lib/dpkg dpkg: /usr/doc/dpkg -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
