On Tuesday 16 October 2012 13:59:21 Brian wrote: > On Tue 16 Oct 2012 at 12:06:17 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > On Tuesday 16 October 2012 11:55:55 Brian wrote: > > > Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to have only the line > > > > > > deb <your_mirror> squeeze non-free > > > > > > Then > > > > > > apt-get update > > > > > > and look at the output. > > > > > > Add "contrib" to the line above and repeat, Do the same with "main" > > > added. Do sums. > > > > Thanks! > > Without the faffing about with getting a root prompt and using an > editor: > > cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section:' | wc -l > cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section: non-free' | wc -l > cat /var/lib/dpkg/available | grep '^Section: contrib' | wc -l > > 28,795, 403 and 187 respectively for me.
That's terrific! Thanks, Brian. Thanks all of you for your informative and helpful replies. Lisi -- 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/201210161416.25887.lisi.re...@gmail.com
