> I was doing Linux From Scratch a couple of months ago, but can't > remember in which section of the chapter 6 I was. > > Is there anyway to know which are the packages I've already installed? > (Other than ls'ing and looking at programs installed)
Here's another idea: "ls -ltr" on all the directories in the path. Pick the latest program, then "grep -r" for that in the directory you have the book in. > > I mean, is there a tool or shell script that I could use to search all > the installed packages on LFS? Yes, if you followed the recommendation (that HAS been in the book) to use SOME form of software/configuration/package management--choices differ on this issue. I adopted Ingo Bruekl's "git" about a decade ago. I know when and what was installed every step of the way, can cleanly rip out any particular package, replace it, and compare what's there now with tarballs that were made of each package at the time it was built. Really, if you're going to spend the time building a system, you have to have software management--otherwise it's a monolithic blob you can't do anything with, without great risk. -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - IMAP accessible web-mail -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
