Thanks Jeff, that's just what I need right now. Cheers,
Adam Bogacki [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Waugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 29 August 2003 12:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Perl5.8 installed;Apt preconfigures, but fails to install. <quote who="Andrew McNaughton"> > I know that it's possible under debian to get a list of where files come > from (ie which package), and probably you can also get checksums. I'm not > sure on the details though. dpkg -S <file> dpkg -L <package> > You also want the list of installed software, which you should normally be > able to get from apt.... Hmm. Presumably you can get it from looking > directly at where apt stores its files. dpkg -l or for just the package names: COLUMNS=150 dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' :-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "You know, the crunchy, folk-singer part of me wants to believe that a performance is a dialogue, but I can't hear a fucking thing you're saying." - Ani DiFranco -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
