> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Maxwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 7:33 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: checking whether a package is installed
> 
> 
> Is there a quick, elegant way to check if a particular package is
> installed?

Try

# dpkg -s name_of_package

Thats what I use

Christian

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