On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 14:34:15 -0500
"Wathen, Metherion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks, I really appreciate for your help.
> I have limited space on my harddrive is there a way to see how much space a
> package is going to take before installing it?
> 

If you use aptitude (I'd recommend it) then you can tell it to show you
that information:

  Options->UI Options->The display format for package views

Change this to something like

  %c%a%M %p #%D %I %v%V
             ^^ ^^
to get download size and installed size displayed.

Rupert


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