On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 14:35 +0100, Gilles Mocellin wrote: > Le jeudi 8 février 2007 23:56, Mathias Brodala a écrit : > > Hello Nelson. > > > > Nelson Castillo, 08.02.2007 23:52: > > >> How to check whether hplip (or any other package) is installed on my > > >> system or not ? > > > > > > dpkg -l | grep packagename > > > > Or just: > > > > $ dpkg -l packagename > > And if we don't know exactly the name : > $ dpkg -l packagenam*
Don't the both of you mean?: $ dpkg -s <packagename / packagenam* / | grep packagename> dpkg with the -l option just lists some information about the package, but unless I'm missing something, it doesn't actually indicate whether you have the package installed on your system. >From the man page: dpkg -l | --list package-name-pattern ... List packages matching given pattern. dpkg -s | --status package-name ... Report status of specified package. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]