On 6/26/06, Martin Paraskevov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
rpm lets you check whether a packege has been installed.
is this possible to do with apt-get or some other tool as well?
apt-cache policy package
For example:
debian:~# apt-cache policy aptitude
aptitude:
Installed: 0.4.1-1.1
Candidate: 0.4.1-1.1
Version table:
*** 0.4.1-1.1 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
debian:~# apt-cache policy yum
yum:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.4.0-3
Version table:
2.4.0-3 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org etch/main Packages
debian:~#
HTH/Sx =)
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