On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 01:45:19PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: > On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Hereward Cooper wrote: > > > But once I installed the -dev via apt-get, "dpkg -l *xml2*" > > _did_ list the file. > > > > Sorry I didn't make that clear did I? dpkg -l only accepts *installed* > package names.
That's not exactly true, is it? Although it won't give you any useful information, the package certainly doesn't have to be installed to get a listing. $ dpkg --version Debian GNU/Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.9.17 (i386). This is free software; see the GNU General Public Licence version 2 or later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty. See dpkg --licence for copyright and license details. $ dpkg -l pine\* 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 +++-==============-==============-============================================ un pine <none> (no description available) pn pine-docs <none> (no description available) pn pine-tracker <none> (no description available) pn pine396-diffs <none> (no description available) pn pine396-src <none> (no description available) pn pine4-diffs <none> (no description available) pn pine4-src <none> (no description available) pn pinepgp <none> (no description available) Haven't ever had pine installed, but "dpkg -l" still found some matches... -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
