Re: package sizes

[Antony F Ware]

Thanks to those who have taken the time to reply to my
earlier query (included below). My situation is that I 
am downloading onto a non-linux (and so (?) no dpkg) 
system, and from there (with some effort) on to my linux
box. I would like to be able to browse the ftp site and
find out how big a package is going to be once it is installed
*before* having to download it.
I definitely know how to find out how big the .deb file is, as 
is stated in the Packages files. But I'd like the same sort of 
information as is available in the contrib.Packages file.
I appreciate that those with massive hard
drives may not be so interested, so if there is no easier way
than using the ftp option then so be it...

Cheers,

Tony Ware.

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Re: package sizes

[Antony F Ware]

Whoops, I didn't include my earlier message. But the gist of it was
in my new one, and so it probably wouldn't have been good netiquette
anyway...

Tony Ware

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Re: package sizes

[Antony F Ware]

Guy (and similarly Stephen Pitts) writes
 
 Just download the Packages file for each distribution.  The installed
 size is the 'Size' field.  The size of the .deb you can get from the
 ls-lR.gz in the root directory.
 

Thanks for replying. But if that is so, why does the contrib/ version
of the Packages file contain both a 'Size' field and an 'installed-size'
field for most of the packages?

Cheers,

Tony.


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package sizes

[Antony F Ware]

I notice that in the contrib/Packages file there is information
on the installed-size of the packages. Is there a way of finding
out that piece of information about the mainstream packages
before downloading/installing them? 

Tony Ware.

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