On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 02:52:00PM -0500, w trillich wrote: > so i'm back to asking 'how can we find out what packages are available > without having to irritate the folks on this list?'
One good way, if you know kind of what you are looking for is dpkg -l For example: ($ ~)-> dpkg -l *samba* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ pn gtksamba <none> (no description available) pn gtksamba-gnome <none> (no description available) ii samba 2.0.6-5 A LanManager like file and printer server fo ii samba-common 2.0.6-5 Samba common files used by both the server a pn samba-doc <none> (no description available) in this case, it doesn't tell you everything, but it's a good start. Good luck, Chris Gray -- pick, pack, pock, puck: like drops of water in a fountain falling softly in the brimming bowl.
