Hi Shanu,
> Hello Cyrus/Khader/Debianers,
>
> Just wondering, wouldnt both the methods require the actual .deb
> archive to be present in the path/previosuly installed ???
Yes, that's correct. I did the dpkg --info on the package cached in my
/var/cache/apt/archives directory.
> If u want to get info about an un installed package (or non-existant),
> u would either have to go thru dselect or do a manual grep on
> /var/lib/dpkg/available database right? Or is there still another way ?
Check out console-apt or gnome-apt. They're set to replace dselect.
> BTW: All debianers seem to be sporting a similar signature like yours
> truly - small, cute and NO WINDOWS ;-)))
Very nice sig ;-)
> -- Shanu
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = = (SHANU) = = - -
> St. Albert's College Debian/GNU Linux 2.2
> Cochin India
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Cyrus Patel - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Computer Engineering Debian GNU/Linux
University of New South Wales (Potato)
Sydney, Australia. ICQ: 50738541
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