You can use one of the tools in the Gentootoolkit to query Gentoo for a list of packages.
qpkg -q This will list everything I believe. Not sure if this helps since your referencing a difference between Bash and Python.... JBanks --- Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > epm would be usefull in this context > > emerge search epm > epm -q -a > > Patrick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dhruba Bandopadhyay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:34 PM > Subject: [gentoo-user] How many packages in system not world? > > > | Hello > | > | How can I count the number of packages in 'system' rather than 'world' > | using, say, bash? Where is this information stored? > | > | I've found where this is determined in emerge using python but I need to > | do this in bash. Much appreciated. > | > | With regards > | > | > | -- > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > | > | > | > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
