I omit the space and these are the output I get with fontconfig package: aptitude show ~Astable~n^fontconfig$ Package: fontconfig Version: 2.2.2-2 Priority: optional Section: utils Maintainer: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uncompressed Size: 169k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.2.1), debconf (>= 0.5), debconf-2.0, defoma (>= 0.7.0), ucf (>= 0.29), ttf-bitstream-vera, ttf-freefont, gsfonts-x11, msttcorefonts Conflicts: libfontconfig1-dev (< 2.2.2-1) Description: generic font configuration library Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. Fontconfig is not a rasterization library, nor does it impose a particular rasterization library on the application. The X-specific library 'Xft' uses fontconfig along with freetype to specify and rasterize fonts. This package contains a program to maintain the fontconfig cache (fc-cache), and a sample program to list installed fonts (fc-list). [code:1:b2513e3c75]aptitude show ~Astable~nfontconfig[/code:1:b2513e3c75] Package: libfontconfig1 Version: 2.2.2-2 Priority: optional Section: libs Maintainer: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uncompressed Size: 197k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libexpat1 (>= 1.95.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.1.5-3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), fontconfig Description: generic font configuration library (shared library) Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. See the "fontconfig" package description for more information. Package: libfontconfig1-dbg Version: 2.2.2-2 Priority: extra Section: libdevel Maintainer: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uncompressed Size: 529k Depends: libfontconfig1 (= 2.2.2-2) Description: generic font configuration library (debugging symbols) Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. This package contains the debugging symbols associated with libfontconfig1. They will automatically be used by gdb for debugging fontconfig-related issues. Package: libfontconfig1-dev Version: 2.2.2-2 Priority: optional Section: libdevel Maintainer: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uncompressed Size: 1362k Depends: libfontconfig1 (= 2.2.2-2), libexpat1-dev, libfreetype6-dev (>= 2.1.7), pkg-config Conflicts: libfontconfig-dev, fontconfig (< 2.1-5) Description: generic font configuration library (development headers) Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. See the "fontconfig" package description for more information. Package: fontconfig Version: 2.2.2-2 Priority: optional Section: utils Maintainer: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uncompressed Size: 169k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.2.1), debconf (>= 0.5), debconf-2.0, defoma (>= 0.7.0), ucf (>= 0.29), ttf-bitstream-vera, ttf-freefont, gsfonts-x11, msttcorefonts Conflicts: libfontconfig1-dev (< 2.2.2-1) Description: generic font configuration library Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. Fontconfig is not a rasterization library, nor does it impose a particular rasterization library on the application. The X-specific library 'Xft' uses fontconfig along with freetype to specify and rasterize fonts. This package contains a program to maintain the fontconfig cache (fc-cache), and a sample program to list installed fonts (fc-list).
However, fontconfig package does not exist in stable distribution, according to packages.debian.org, but the results above seem to indicate so. Any further help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ! > Florian Ernstwrote: Hello 'anonymous'! > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 04:27:19PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After changing sarge, sid and woody in /etc/apt/preferences to > testing, unstable and stable respectively, the priority seems to be > correct. However, when I do[code:1:bdf5de3a17]aptitude show ~Astable > ~nw3m[/code:1:bdf5de3a17]or any ~n<any packagename>, package > details of all available debian packages will scroll off the screen > for a few mins. > > Is my syntax wrong? > Yes, omit the space, i.e. aptitude show ~Astable~nw3m or even aptitude show ~Astable~n^w3m$ HTH, Flo[/quote:b2513e3c75] ---- Message posted via www.linuxforums.org . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]