Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: DU> Is it possible to list the installed packages (e.g. in the format used in dselect ( *** Req base tar 1.13.17-2 1.13.17-2 GNU tar )). DU> DU> I often have the problem that I know that I have a tool for a DU> problem, but I cannot remember its name. And always switching to DU> root, run dselect and search for the tool is arduous.
You can run dselect as a user; it won't let you install or install packages, obviously, but it will let you go through the list of what is and isn't installed. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell
