Hi Bob ! On 04/05/13 01:49, Bob Proulx wrote: > Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> given a package name, how can we know to which Debian component >> (man, contrib, non-free) it belongs ? > > 1. Use apt-cache to show the package header and look to see what > section it it in. > > $ apt-cache show emacs23-common-non-dfsg | grep Section > Section: non-free/editors > > 2. Use apt-cache to show where a package comes from: > > $ apt-cache policy emacs23-common-non-dfsg > emacs23-common-non-dfsg: > Installed: 23.4+1-1 > Candidate: 23.4+1-1 > Version table: > *** 23.4+1-1 0 > 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid/non-free amd64 Packages > 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/non-free amd64 Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > 3. Look for it here. Scroll down to "Search package directories", > Select "any", Enter the name in the form and hit Enter. > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > Ends up here: > > http://packages.debian.org/sid/emacs23-common-non-dfsg > > 4. Install 'vrms' and wait for the email nagging you about non-free > packages that you have installed! :-)
I understand now that the component is contained in the Section field, `main' not being given. 5. Is there an easy way to get it from the .debian.tar.(gz|bz2|xz) ? Thanks again, Jerome > > Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/518455b9.4040...@rezozer.net
