Alberto, On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Alberto Salvia Novella <es204904...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if there's an easier way to figure out if a package is core > or not than entering into the Terminal the "apt-cache show [package]" line, > since this requires the package to be already installed
Actually, this is incorrect. You do not need to have the package installed to run `apt-cache show` on any package. Case in point: I do not have `pff-tools` installed on my 14.04 server. Running `apt-cache show pff-tools` actually shows the information even though the package is not installed. > and this makes triaging slow. > ------ Thomas -- Ubuntu-quality mailing list Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality
