Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Jeff Soules
might be useful to you sometime. All of this can also be done from the command line but you probably want to use the GUI that you are already using. I don't use the menus much -- I usually run things through the command line as Thorny was saying -- but it looks like there's some menu

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Bob Cox wrote: On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 15:26:33 +0900, Bret Busby (b...@busby.net) wrote: Hello. I am using Debian 4.0. How do I add installed packages to the Applications menu hierarchy? Try typing update-menus at the command line prompt and see if that helps

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Thorny wrote: On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:26:33 +0900, Bret Busby wrote: Synaptic installs then loses packages; it downloads and installs a package and its dependencies, and then, when queried, it shows the package and its dependancies to be installed, but it does not add the

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Bret Busby wrote: On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Thorny wrote: On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:26:33 +0900, Bret Busby wrote: Synaptic installs then loses packages; it downloads and installs a package and its dependencies, and then, when queried, it shows the package and its dependancies

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 01:15:52AM +0900, Bret Busby b...@busby.net was heard to say: But the issue with that, is that, if the package maintainer made a deliberate determination to not have the package management automatically add the package to the menu, why then would the Ubuntu

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 01:15:52AM +0900, Bret Busby b...@busby.net was heard to say: But the issue with that, is that, if the package maintainer made a deliberate determination to not have the package management automatically add the package to the

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Bret Busby wrote: On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 01:15:52AM +0900, Bret Busby b...@busby.net was heard to say: But the issue with that, is that, if the package maintainer made a deliberate determination to not have the package

Re: Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-02 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 01:57:41AM +0900, Bret Busby b...@busby.net was heard to say: Just a quick additional note; in the Properties information for the package, in both installations, with the label of Section, in the Common tab, both packages have the same value; Games and Amusement.

Adding installed packages to menu

2009-03-01 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I am using Debian 4.0. How do I add installed packages to the Applications menu hierarchy? Synaptic installs then loses packages; it downloads and installs a package and its dependencies, and then, when queried, it shows the package and its dependancies to be installed, but it does

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-02-02 Thread Aneurin Price
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Daniel Burrows dburr...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 05:06:54PM +0100, Michael Wagner michaeldeb...@web.de was heard to say: * Daniel Burrows dburr...@debian.org 28.01.2009 On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 08:27:13PM +0100, Michael Wagner

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-31 Thread Richard Hector
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 19:28 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 09:37:34AM +1300, Richard Hector rich...@walnut.gen.nz was heard to say: Yep, I found that confusing too. What _I_ was looking for, though (apologies for the thread hijack), was a way to say: Don't remove those

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread Michael Wagner
* Daniel Burrows dburr...@debian.org 28.01.2009 On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 08:27:13PM +0100, Michael Wagner michaeldeb...@web.de was heard to say: aptitude --purge-unused purge xfce4-terminal It's documented in the man page of aptitude. All that does is cause programs which are

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 05:06:54PM +0100, Michael Wagner michaeldeb...@web.de was heard to say: * Daniel Burrows dburr...@debian.org 28.01.2009 On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 08:27:13PM +0100, Michael Wagner michaeldeb...@web.de was heard to say: aptitude --purge-unused purge xfce4-terminal

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread Richard Hector
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 09:23 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 05:06:54PM +0100, Michael Wagner michaeldeb...@web.de was heard to say: From man aptitude --purge-unused Purge packages that are no longer required by any installed package. This is equivalent to

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread John Hasler
Richard writes: My context was that I needed to add a package to a machine that I'm not the primary admin for, and didn't want to go removing (or unmarking-auto) packages from a machine I don't fully understand the purpose of. Why not just 'apt-get install package'? -- John Hasler -- To

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-28 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 09:37:34AM +1300, Richard Hector rich...@walnut.gen.nz was heard to say: Yep, I found that confusing too. What _I_ was looking for, though (apologies for the thread hijack), was a way to say: Don't remove those unused packages at this time. Is there an easy way to do

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-27 Thread Daniel Burrows
purge xfce4-terminal it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? Hello Countable Infinity (cool name ;-) Try aptitude --purge-unused purge xfce4-terminal

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
. But now if I do: aptitude purge xfce4-terminal it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? There is a setting in aptitude - options - preferences to remove

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
, it automatically installed libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: aptitude purge xfce4-terminal it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Saturday 24 January 2009 03:36:13 Nuno Magalhães wrote: Try deborphan or, better orphaner Nuno Magalhães Did not find orphaner. But I found gtkorphan. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Saturday 24 January 2009 03:36:13 Nuno Magalhães wrote: Try deborphan or, better orphaner Nuno Magalhães Did not find orphaner. But I found gtkorphan. I used deborphan, cleaned up nicely also with aptitude purge... Kind Regards AndrewM Andrew McGlashan

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Daniel Burrows
, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: aptitude purge xfce4-terminal it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? What does aptitude why xfce4-terminal print

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Alan Ianson
installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? There is a setting in aptitude - options - preferences to remove unused packages automatically. Is it switched on? Can't find any such thing. Could you please check your aptitude options preferences and confirm

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Lisi Reisz
automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? There is a setting in aptitude - options - preferences to remove unused packages automatically. Is it switched on? Can't find any such thing

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-24 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 22:41:46 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 24 January 2009 18:49:31 Alan Ianson wrote: On Sat January 24 2009 01:34:04 am Lisi Reisz wrote: On Friday 23 January 2009 21:22:40 Alan Ianson wrote: On Fri January 23 2009 01:08:49 pm Countable Infinity wrote:

How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Countable Infinity
When I installed xfce4-terminal, it automatically installed libxfce4mcs-manager3, libxfce4util4, etc. But now if I do: aptitude purge xfce4-terminal it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Alan Ianson
to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? There is a setting in aptitude - options - preferences to remove unused packages automatically. Is it switched on? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? Aptitude should automatically do that. It's possible that it thinks these packages are manually installed. To fix that: aptitude markauto libxfce4mcs-manager3 libxfce4util4 $etc If that doesn't suggest packages

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? Try running 'aptitude purge'. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ developer, Debian Maintainer, APT contributor signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Countable Infinity
not remove these libs that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? There is a setting in aptitude - options - preferences to remove unused packages automatically. Is it switched on? Can't find any

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Alan Ianson
. But now if I do: aptitude purge xfce4-terminal it does not remove these libs that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? There is a setting in aptitude - options - preferences to remove

Re: How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Daniel Burrows
that were installed automatically. Is there a way to remove these automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them any more? What does aptitude why xfce4-terminal print? Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe

How to remove automatically installed packages when nothing depends on them?

2009-01-23 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Try deborphan or, better orphaner Nuno Magalhães -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Does debconf-set-selections do anything to installed packages' configs?

2008-07-15 Thread Shachar Or
Hello! When I do debconf-set-selections to set a debconf selection on some package that is already installed, it doesn't actually change that package's configuration, right? To apply these changes/selections, I'll have to go dpkg-reconfigure on that package, right? And it won't ask me those

How to get a list of installed packages

2007-09-08 Thread Franz Edler
Hi, Sorry if the question is too simple. I just started with debian-etch. I now tried to figure out how I can get a list of actually installed packages. Is there a simple answer? Regards franz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: How to get a list of installed packages

2007-09-08 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Franz Edler wrote: Hi, Sorry if the question is too simple. I just started with debian-etch. I now tried to figure out how I can get a list of actually installed packages. Is there a simple answer? dpkg --get-selections installed_packages_list.txt Another option that you migt want

Re: How to get a list of installed packages

2007-09-08 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 03:30:14PM +0200, Franz Edler wrote: Hi, Sorry if the question is too simple. I just started with debian-etch. I now tried to figure out how I can get a list of actually installed packages. Is there a simple answer? Yes. dpkg -l A better answer would be dpkg -l

Re: How to get a list of installed packages

2007-09-08 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, short answer: dpkg --get-selections Jerome Franz Edler wrote: Hi, Sorry if the question is too simple. I just started with debian-etch. I now tried to figure out how I can get a list of actually installed packages. Is there a simple answer? Regards franz -- Jerome BENOIT

Re: How to get a list of installed packages

2007-09-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 03:30:14PM +0200, Franz Edler wrote: Hi, Sorry if the question is too simple. I just started with debian-etch. I now tried to figure out how I can get a list of actually installed packages. Is there a simple answer? 'aptitude search ~i' or in interactive mode

Re: How to get a list of installed packages

2007-09-08 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 03:30:14PM +0200, Franz Edler wrote: Sorry if the question is too simple. I just started with debian-etch. I now tried to figure out how I can get a list of actually installed packages. Is there a simple answer? Do you really want a list of all the packages

Re: Download debs of installed packages

2007-08-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Rage Callao wrote: How do I download the .debs of packages already installed in my system without having to reinstall them first via apt? The command I'm using right now is: apt-get --yes --reinstall install `cat package_list.txt` where package_list.txt contains the package names per

Download debs of installed packages

2007-07-30 Thread Rage Callao
Hi, How do I download the .debs of packages already installed in my system without having to reinstall them first via apt? The command I'm using right now is: apt-get --yes --reinstall install `cat package_list.txt` where package_list.txt contains the package names per line. TIA -- Rage

Re: Download debs of installed packages

2007-07-30 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/30/07 01:12, Rage Callao wrote: Hi, How do I download the .debs of packages already installed in my system without having to reinstall them first via apt? The command I'm using right now is: apt-get --yes --reinstall install `cat

Re: Download debs of installed packages

2007-07-30 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Rage Callao wrote: Hi, How do I download the .debs of packages already installed in my system without having to reinstall them first via apt? The command I'm using right now is: apt-get --yes --reinstall install `cat package_list.txt` where package_list.txt contains the package names per

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Kevin Mark
to install it on a production server. What's the best way to get the list of packages installed on the test system, and then re-install those packages on the new system? --John Well there's loads of ways you can do it. aptitude search ~i will give you a list of your installed packages

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 23:19:55 -, McNamee, John wrote: How do you use the output from aptitude search to re-install the packages on the new system? On the old system: aptitude -F %p search '~i' all-packages.txt aptitude -F %p search '~i~M' auto-packages.txt On the new system:

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:16:02 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:46:28AM -0700, Jeff D wrote: [...] on first sytsem: dpkg --get-selections selections.txt on new base install: copy over selections.txt dpkg --set-selections selections.txt dselect update apt-get

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 04:09:00PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:16:02 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:46:28AM -0700, Jeff D wrote: [...] on first sytsem: dpkg --get-selections selections.txt on new base install: copy over

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:07:59 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 04:09:00PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:16:02 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:46:28AM -0700, Jeff D wrote: [...] on first sytsem: dpkg

Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread McNamee, John
I've been evaluating Etch for several months on a test machine, and now I'd like to install it on a production server. What's the best way to get the list of packages installed on the test system, and then re-install those packages on the new system? --John

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Michael Pobega
on the test system, and then re-install those packages on the new system? --John Well there's loads of ways you can do it. aptitude search ~i will give you a list of your installed packages. This will probably be a lot though, and will take a long time to install them on the other computer. You

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Bill Thompson
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:21:08 - McNamee, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been evaluating Etch for several months on a test machine, and now I'd like to install it on a production server. What's the best way to get the list of packages installed on the test system, and then re-install

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Jeff D
to get the list of packages installed on the test system, and then re-install those packages on the new system? --John Well there's loads of ways you can do it. aptitude search ~i will give you a list of your installed packages. This will probably be a lot though, and will take a long time

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
of packages installed on the test system, and then re-install those packages on the new system? --John Well there's loads of ways you can do it. aptitude search ~i will give you a list of your installed packages. This will probably be a lot though, and will take a long time to install them

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 05:22:29PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: I use: #aptitude search '~i!~M' This shows only the packages installed (~i) but not automatically (!~M), in other words, the packages that I specifically installed. That's pretty slick. Regards, -Roberto --

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Owen Heisler
it on a production server. What's the best way to get the list of packages installed on the test system, and then re-install those packages on the new system? aptitude search ~i will give you a list of your installed packages. This will probably be a lot though, and will take a long time

RE: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread McNamee, John
How do you use the output from aptitude search to re-install the packages on the new system? --John -Original Message- From: Douglas Allan Tutty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Replicate installed packages to new

Re: Replicate installed packages to new system

2007-04-12 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
of _manually_ installed packages isn't really that huge. For example, on my amd64 box: aptitude search '~i!~M' | wc shows 288 packages, vs 806 just ~i. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dealing with forcibly installed packages

2007-04-11 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hello Dan. Please reply directly to the list. Search for Thunderbird reply to list and you’ll find a lot of info. Dan H., 11.04.2007 13:46: Mathias Brodala wrote: Which one exactly? opera_9.20-20070407.5-shared-qt_en_i386.deb Is there a reason you don’t want the version compiled with

Re: Dealing with forcibly installed packages

2007-04-11 Thread Dan H.
Mathias Brodala wrote: Please reply directly to the list. Sorry. I normally do. A slip. Anyway; just today Opera officially released v. 9.20; I installed it and all is fine. Thanks for the help, --D. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Dealing with forcibly installed packages

2007-04-11 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Dan. Dan H., 11.04.2007 15:18: Mathias Brodala wrote: Please reply directly to the list. Sorry. I normally do. A slip. No problem. Anyway; just today Opera officially released v. 9.20; I installed it and all is fine. Geez, you’re even faster than my Newsfeeds; gotta get the new

Re: Dealing with forcibly installed packages

2007-04-11 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:19:56 +0200 Mathias Brodala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Nyizsnyik Ferenc, 10.04.2007 21:12: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:34:23 +0200 Mathias Brodala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan H., 10.04.2007 18:06: the most recent etch upgrade broke the Opera web browser (I think

Re: Dealing with forcibly installed packages

2007-04-10 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi Dan. Dan H., 10.04.2007 18:06: the most recent etch upgrade broke the Opera web browser (I think because of new X libs). Googled for a fix and found one, downloaded the newest debs (v9.20) from opera.org. Which one exactly? Unfortunately at first the .deb wouldn't install due to an

Re: Dealing with forcibly installed packages

2007-04-10 Thread Nyizsnyik Ferenc
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:34:23 +0200 Mathias Brodala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dan. Dan H., 10.04.2007 18:06: the most recent etch upgrade broke the Opera web browser (I think because of new X libs). Googled for a fix and found one, downloaded the newest debs (v9.20) from opera.org.

Re: Dealing with forcibly installed packages

2007-04-10 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. Nyizsnyik Ferenc, 10.04.2007 21:12: On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:34:23 +0200 Mathias Brodala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan H., 10.04.2007 18:06: the most recent etch upgrade broke the Opera web browser (I think because of new X libs). Googled for a fix and found one, downloaded the newest debs

Re: Dealing with forcibly installed packages

2007-04-10 Thread Raquel
On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:06:27 +0200 Dan H. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, the most recent etch upgrade broke the Opera web browser (I think because of new X libs). Googled for a fix and found one, downloaded the newest debs (v9.20) from opera.org. Unfortunately at first the .deb wouldn't

Installed Packages

2006-12-24 Thread Baz
Seasons Greetings - How best to save a listing of all installed packages? Sebastian

Re: Installed Packages

2006-12-24 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello List, what you certainly want is dpkg --get-selections Jerome Baz wrote: Seasons Greetings - How best to save a listing of all installed packages? Sebastian -- Jerome BENOIT jgmbenoit_at_mailsnare_dot_net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: Installed Packages

2006-12-24 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Sun, Dec 24, 2006 at 02:14:17AM -0800, Baz wrote.. How best to save a listing of all installed packages? dpkg-query -l | grep ii /tmp/installed-packages -- Kevin Coyner GnuPG key: 1024D/8CE11941 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Installed Packages

2006-12-24 Thread Luis Lima
On Sun, 24 Dec 2006, Baz wrote: Seasons Greetings - How best to save a listing of all installed packages? Sebastian Hi Sebastian, $ dpkg -l will give a list. macondo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installed Packages

2006-12-24 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
Jerome BENOIT escribe: what you certainly want is dpkg --get-selections You can even use the output of this command and pipe it to dpkg --set-selections and then apt-get -f update in order to have in a second machine a clone of the packages installed in the first one. Cordially, Ismael --

Re: Installed Packages

2006-12-24 Thread John -
On (24/12/06 12:47), Luis Lima wrote: On Sun, 24 Dec 2006, Baz wrote: How best to save a listing of all installed packages? $ dpkg -l will give a list. Or if you want to be fancy, put this all on one line: dpkg --get-selections \* | grep -e install -e hold | grep -v deinstall ~/got

Re: Installed Packages: CORRECTION!

2006-12-24 Thread John -
On (24/12/06 15:28), John - wrote: To: debian-user@lists.debian.org From: John - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Installed Packages Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:28:58 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,EMPTY_MESSAGE, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=no version

Re: Installed Packages

2006-12-24 Thread operator
packages? dpkg-query -l | grep ii /tmp/installed-packages

Re: list of installed packages

2006-06-11 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-05-30 18:08:04, schrieb Greg Folkert: On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 00:20 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: Note: Sources are availlable too (at request) Cute. Sources for a shell script. I'll have to rememeber that one. One last comment: nice script. I hope it helps... I think next

Re: list of installed packages

2006-05-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Robert, I have attached a small Debian Package which contais the script 'tddebidate' try and enjoy it... Use 'tddebidate -h' or 'man tddebidate' to get help. Note: Sources are availlable too (at request) Oh yes, under X it can output to Xdialog... Greetings Michelle Konzack --

Re: list of installed packages

2006-05-30 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 00:20 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: Note: Sources are availlable too (at request) Cute. Sources for a shell script. I'll have to rememeber that one. One last comment: nice script. -- greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux

Re: list of installed packages

2006-05-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Robert Cates wrote: Hi all, question - how can I get a list of my installed software packages showing the full (proper) package name? This is on my server, so I do not have KDE or Gnome, or any other GUI installed, and do everything per command line. I've tried - 'dpkg -l' and 'apt-cache

Re: list of installed packages

2006-05-18 Thread Fawad Nazir
Impressive, thats an excellent command. On 5/19/06, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Cates wrote: Hi all, question - how can I get a list of my installed software packages showing the full (proper) package name? This is on my server, so I do not have KDE or Gnome, or any

Re: list of installed packages

2006-05-18 Thread Lex Hider
On Thursday 18 May 2006 02:34, Robert Cates wrote: Hi all, question - how can I get a list of my installed software packages showing the full (proper) package name? This is on my server, so I do not have KDE or Gnome, or any other GUI installed, and do everything per command line. aptitude

list of installed packages

2006-05-17 Thread Robert Cates
Hi all, question - how can I get a list of my installed software packages showing the full (proper) package name? This is on my server, so I do not have KDE or Gnome, or any other GUI installed, and do everything per command line. I've tried - 'dpkg -l' and 'apt-cache search ..' , but I cannot

RE: list of installed packages

2006-05-17 Thread Jerry DuVal
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Cates Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:35 PM To: Debian, User Subject: list of installed packages Hi all, question - how can I get a list of my installed software packages showing the full (proper

Re: list of installed packages

2006-05-17 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 18:34:38 +0200, Robert Cates wrote: Hi all, question - how can I get a list of my installed software packages showing the full (proper) package name? This is on my server, so I do not have KDE or Gnome, or any other GUI installed, and do everything per command line.

Re: list of installed packages

2006-05-17 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 06:34:38PM +0200, Robert Cates wrote: Hi all, question - how can I get a list of my installed software packages showing the full (proper) package name? This is on my server, so I do not have KDE or Gnome, or any other GUI installed, and do everything per command

Re: /var/lib/dpkg/status shows on installed packages

2006-05-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 16:28 -0400, Len Berman wrote: I just installed sarge on a new machine and NO packages in status are listed as not-installed. I'm using synaptic and it knows that there are packages which are not installed. (I discovered this using and old script I had written which

/var/lib/dpkg/status shows on installed packages

2006-05-07 Thread Len Berman
I just installed sarge on a new machine and NO packages in status are listed as not-installed. I'm using synaptic and it knows that there are packages which are not installed. (I discovered this using and old script I had written which used dpkg-awk to find documentation packages that are not

Getting a list of installed packages

2005-12-27 Thread J Merritt
Is there a way to get a list of installed packages in Debian, preferably from the command line and preferably in a text file?Thanks in advance for any suggestions.JM Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.

Re: Getting a list of installed packages

2005-12-27 Thread Jaime Casanova
On 12/27/05, J Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to get a list of installed packages in Debian, preferably from the command line and preferably in a text file? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. JM dpkg-query i think it needs some options and redirect the output

Re: Getting a list of installed packages

2005-12-27 Thread Mike Bird
On Tue, 2005-12-27 at 12:53, J Merritt wrote: Is there a way to get a list of installed packages in Debian, preferably from the command line and preferably in a text file? dpkg-query --show --showformat='${STATUS} ${PACKAGE} ${VERSION} ${ARCHITECTURE}\n' (All on one line.) You can write

Re: Getting a list of installed packages

2005-12-27 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 21:53, J Merritt wrote: Is there a way to get a list of installed packages in Debian, preferably from the command line and preferably in a text file? Yup, you could do dpkg --get-selections | grep install file.txt or dpkg -l | grep ^ii file.txt depending on your

Re: Getting a list of installed packages

2005-12-27 Thread Steve Kemp
On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 12:53:46PM -0800, J Merritt wrote: Is there a way to get a list of installed packages in Debian, preferably from the command line and preferably in a text file? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. To show all installed packages you can use the dpkg

Re: Getting a list of installed packages

2005-12-27 Thread Joris Huizer
Jaime Casanova wrote: On 12/27/05, J Merritt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to get a list of installed packages in Debian, preferably from the command line and preferably in a text file? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. JM dpkg-query i think it needs some options

Re: Getting a list of installed packages

2005-12-27 Thread Philippe Grenard
Le Mardi 27 Décembre 2005 21:53, J Merritt a écrit : Is there a way to get a list of installed packages in Debian, preferably from the command line and preferably in a text file? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. JM - Yahoo! Photos Ring

Re: Getting a list of installed packages

2005-12-27 Thread ke6isf
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005, J Merritt wrote: Is there a way to get a list of installed packages in Debian, preferably from the command line and preferably in a text file? COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l |awk '/^[hi]i/{print $2}' This will generate a list of only the names of packages that are installed. I use

Find installed packages with no dependecies

2005-10-13 Thread Carlos Peón Costa
Hi, It's possible to find or remove installed packages with no dependencies? When you install packages with apt, it can install extra packages to meet dependencies, but when you remove packages, apt only removes the packages you have selected. Thanks!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Find installed packages with no dependecies

2005-10-13 Thread Carl Fink
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:19:10PM +0200, Carlos Pe?n Costa wrote: It's possible to find or remove installed packages with no dependencies? When you install packages with apt, it can install extra packages to meet dependencies, but when you remove packages, apt only removes the packages

Re: Find installed packages with no dependecies

2005-10-13 Thread Bill Marcum
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 06:21:38AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 12:19:10PM +0200, Carlos Pe?n Costa wrote: It's possible to find or remove installed packages with no dependencies? When you install packages with apt, it can install extra packages to meet dependencies

Backing up installed packages.

2005-09-22 Thread R. Clayton
I keep a list of installed packages around so I can easily populate a new disk (or repopulate a mashed-up disk) by doing something along the lines of $ apt-get install $(cat installed-packages-list) I use a daily cron job along the lines of ls /var/cache/apt/archives | sed 's

Re: Backing up installed packages.

2005-09-22 Thread Kjetil Kjernsmo
On torsdag 22 september 2005, 20:57, R. Clayton wrote: I would be interested in hearing opinions and suggestions about a general approach to backing-up and reconstituting package archives, as well as opinions and suggestions about the particular approach I've outlined above. I haven't

Re: Backing up installed packages.

2005-09-22 Thread John Schmidt
On Thursday 22 September 2005 12:57 pm, R. Clayton wrote: I keep a list of installed packages around so I can easily populate a new disk (or repopulate a mashed-up disk) by doing something along the lines of $ apt-get install $(cat installed-packages-list) I use a daily cron job along

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