Brad Rogers, 30.11.2011: > On Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:08:04 +0100 > Joost Kraaijeveld <j.kraaijev...@askesis.nl> wrote: > > Hello Joost, > > > Does Synaptic display the wrong status? Or do the descriptions not > > cover the meaning? Can I check somehow what the status of a packed is > > outside Synaptic? > > Your understanding of the term "manual" is flawed. It means *you* asked > for the package to be installed, via Synaptic, apt or aptitude, rather > than it being installed as as system requirement, or dependency of > another package, not from outside those systems. If you install a > package outside Synaptic et al, there is no way that they can know about > it, so it won't be listed in their databases, anyway.
I'm not sure what you mean by "install a package outside Synaptic et al" but my experience is that .deb packages installed using just "dpkg -i ..." are listed in synaptic and dselect. Or did you mean installing software that is not in a .deb "package"? -- 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/20111201101324.ga22...@cs.utexas.edu
