Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-11 Thread Richard Hector
On 07/09/13 19:02, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:06:46PM +0100, Brian wrote: >> On Thu 05 Sep 2013 at 22:16:39 +0200, sp113438 wrote: >> >>> How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? >>> Google did not help me. >> >> An example: >> >> wget ftp://ftp.debian.o

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-09-07 at 09:37 +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sat 07 Sep 2013 at 19:02:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:06:46PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > > > gunzip Packages.gz > > > > > > grep ^Package: Packages | wc -l > > > > Hey! What's wrong with zgrep? :) >

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2013-09-07 at 18:49 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:52:48PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 22:16 +0200, sp113438 wrote: > > > How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? > > > > This doesn't give any information about the quan

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-07 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 9/7/13, Brian wrote: > On Sat 07 Sep 2013 at 19:02:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:06:46PM +0100, Brian wrote: >> > >> > gunzip Packages.gz >> > >> > grep ^Package: Packages | wc -l >> >> Hey! What's wrong with zgrep? :) > > I was catering for those who have a

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-07 Thread Brian
On Sat 07 Sep 2013 at 19:02:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:06:46PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > gunzip Packages.gz > > > > grep ^Package: Packages | wc -l > > Hey! What's wrong with zgrep? :) I was catering for those who have a non-functioning "z" key, You try

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:06:46PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 05 Sep 2013 at 22:16:39 +0200, sp113438 wrote: > > > How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? > > Google did not help me. > > An example: > > wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.g

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 10:52:48PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 22:16 +0200, sp113438 wrote: > > How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? > > This doesn't give any information about the quantity of software > available from upstream, Which is not what the

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-06 Thread Curt
On 2013-09-06, sp113438 wrote: > Thanks! > > Synaptics says I have 41313 packages ready to install on my Sid system > which I updated today. Of the 41,313 packages that Mrs. Synaptics (whose she, anyway?) says you have ready to install, how many are you planning on using? I must lack intellectua

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-06 Thread Andreas Rönnquist
On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 22:06:46 +0100, Brian wrote: >On Thu 05 Sep 2013 at 22:16:39 +0200, sp113438 wrote: > >> How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? >> Google did not help me. > >An example: > > wget > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz > > gunzi

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-06 Thread Onur Aslan
I think best way to do this install sid and run: $ apt-cache stats Total package names: 52060 (1,041 k) Total package structures: 52060 (2,915 k) Normal packages: 40012 Pure virtual packages: 406 Single virtual packages: 4720 Mixed virtual packages: 773 Missing: 6149 Total distinct versi

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-05 Thread sp113438
On Fri, 6 Sep 2013 02:34:52 +0200 sp113438 wrote: > Thanks! > > Synaptics says I have 41313 packages ready to install on my Sid system > which I updated today. > > > That is on my amd64 system, with main contrib and non-free included. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-05 Thread sp113438
Thanks! Synaptics says I have 41313 packages ready to install on my Sid system which I updated today. -- 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/20130906023452.

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-05 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 22:16 +0200, sp113438 wrote: > How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? This doesn't give any information about the quantity of software available from upstream, since Debian does split the software from upstream to several packages. some distros don't do th

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-05 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thu, 5 Sep 2013 22:16:39 +0200 sp113438 wrote: > Hello, > > How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? > Google did not help me. > > Thanks! > > A GUI based answer is to open Synaptic, select the All header, and the number of packages available for the repositories you h

Re: How many packages in Sid

2013-09-05 Thread Brian
On Thu 05 Sep 2013 at 22:16:39 +0200, sp113438 wrote: > How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? > Google did not help me. An example: wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz gunzip Packages.gz grep ^Package: Packages | wc -l -- To UNS

How many packages in Sid

2013-09-05 Thread sp113438
Hello, How do I find out the number of packages currently in Sid? Google did not help me. Thanks! -- 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/20130905221639.79b