What's the easiest accurate way to check if a .deb has been installed
on a system, from a script?
At the moment I'm using `dpkg -l | grep ...`, which is messy.
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On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's the easiest accurate way to check if a .deb has been installed
> on a system, from a script?
>
> At the moment I'm using `dpkg -l | grep ...`, which is messy.
dpkg -s $package
Return code is 0 for installed, 1 for n
On 07/06/2008, at 4:21 PM, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
What's the easiest accurate way to check if a .deb has been installed
on a system, from a script?
At the moment I'm using `dpkg -l | grep ...`, which is messy.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -s bash >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo installed
installed
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* Michael Chesterton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-07 18:01:05 +1000]:
>> What's the easiest accurate way to check if a .deb has been installed
>> on a system, from a script?
>>
>> At the moment I'm using `dpkg -l | grep ...`, which is messy.
>>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -s bash >/dev/null 2>&1
