On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 12:23:38PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 09:55:23AM +0100, Russell wrote:
> > or at least I assume it's about apt-get. I just want to know if a
> > particular package is installed on my system, and I can't seem to find
> > that kind of option in the man pages for apt-get, dpkg or dselect.
>
> Then you did not read the dpkg manpage very well, I'm sorry to have to say.
>
> The dselect manpage is not very thorough. Look at
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0107/msg00641.html
>
> for a proposed better dselect manpage.
also see
http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html
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DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #33 from Brian Potkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
:
Looking for some good DPKG AND APT TIPS?
You'll find a very good introduction at
http://www.spack.org/geek/apt-help.html
It is, of course, based on the man pages for apt-get and
dpkg so you will want to read them as well.
Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
