On 08 Dec 2005, Justin Guerin wrote: > On Thursday 08 December 2005 04:02, Jim Holland wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I have been very impressed with aptitude for the way that it handles the > > installation of packages. I have recently moved from Red Hat and this is > > a vast improvement. However I have not been able to see a simple way of > > listing what actual files have been installed, or to check whether they > > have been changed, corrupted or have incorrect permissions. With Red Hat > > you have the following very useful options: > > > > rpm -ql [packagename] to get a list of installed files > > and > > rpm --verify [packagename] to check the installed files > > > > Are there any similar equivalents with aptitude? > > > > Regards > > > > Jim Holland > > System Administrator > > MANGO - Zimbabwe's non-profit e-mail service > > dpkg -L <pkgname> will also list all files installed by that package. > debsums, as Andrei mentioned, will verify the installed files. > > Justin Guerin
Also have a look at wajig. One of the best-kept secrets in linux IMO. Wajig list and wajig integrity do these things very neatly. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
