Because after the pipe it's trying to execute the command. The command should be dpkg -l .... <insert package list here>
Brett :> -----Original Message----- :> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of :> Mick Boda :> Sent: Monday, 24 March 2003 5:57 PM :> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :> Subject: [SLUG] THE DEPRESSED DEBIAN GUY .... :> :> :> Hi All, :> :> Not realy depressed, a little frustrated, but mainly with my :> inAPTitude with Debian ... Still, I must admit, amid the :> frustration :> theres been some quality time refreshing my command-line :> stuff (which I :> won't let lapse again, even when I get my GUI happening) and I'm :> enjoying the learning experience. :> :> dpkg -|xserver xfree86 returns the following error :> :> xserver xfree86 command not found. :> :> I'm still running 4.1 (according to /var/log/XFree86.0.log) :> :> There's no listing regarding any Xfree packages in :> ?var/cache/apt/archives :> :> Thanks all :> :> Mick :> :> -- :> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ :> More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug :> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
