On Tue 25 Sep 2018 at 06:28:46 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 12:08:54PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > mick crane wrote: > > > have a look in /usr/bin ? > > > > Not to forget /bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin : > > https://wiki.debian.org/FilesystemHierarchyStandard > > > > /bin is specified to hold "essential" programs. > > /sbin is its add-on for system administrators. > > /usr/bin + /usr/sbin together hold nearly 4000 files on my system. > > > > > > Thakur Mahashaya wrote: > > > no trick to be honest > > > > But are you aware that "standard utility" can be the start of a nice > > dispute among the regulars of a computer users' mailing list ? > > (Let's see what happens. No real persons or animals will be hurt.) > > $ aptitude search '?priority(required)' > > will get you a list of the packages installed that absolutely > have to be installed.
A nice use of aptitude. Note that it now "Priority: optional", so it would not be provided by the installer. -- Brian.
