Re: getting full package name
On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 05:18, Craig Jackson wrote: Hi, If I would like to know the name of a package, for example dhcp, installed on the system, I would run dpkg -l | grep dhcp Most of the time I get the right name and I'm happy. But there are times when the name of the package is so long that I cannot tell what the name is. In that situation if grep through the file /var/lib/dpkg/available and I find the full name. This is just a helpful hint for newbies that may have this problem. This is easier: COLUMNS=200 dpkg -l dhcp\* -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver GPG: 1024D/A54310EA 92C8 39E7 280E 3631 3F0E 1EC0 5664 7A2F A543 10EA For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: getting full package name
On Monday September 6 at 11:18pm Craig Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, If I would like to know the name of a package, for example dhcp, installed on the system, I would run dpkg -l | grep dhcp Most of the time I get the right name and I'm happy. But there are times when the name of the package is so long that I cannot tell what the name is. You can use 'apt-cache search -n regexp' to restrict the search to just the name, or 'dpkg --get-selections regexp' for installed packages. -- -johann koenig Now Playing: 504plan - Or Else : Punk Vs. Emo (Disc 2 - Emo) Today is Prickle-Prickle, the 30th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3170 My public pgp key: http://mental-graffiti.com/pgp/ pgpvLIJhFuJys.pgp Description: PGP signature
getting full package name
Hi, If I would like to know the name of a package, for example dhcp, installed on the system, I would run dpkg -l | grep dhcp Most of the time I get the right name and I'm happy. But there are times when the name of the package is so long that I cannot tell what the name is. In that situation if grep through the file /var/lib/dpkg/available and I find the full name. This is just a helpful hint for newbies that may have this problem. Craig Jackson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: getting full package name
On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 23:18:42 -0500 Craig Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, If I would like to know the name of a package, for example dhcp, installed on the system, I would run dpkg -l | grep dhcp Most of the time I get the right name and I'm happy. But there are times when the name of the package is so long that I cannot tell what the name is. In that situation if grep through the file /var/lib/dpkg/available and I find the full name. But if you really only want the information for packages that are installed, and not all that are available, I like to do the following: 'dpkg --get-selections | grep dhcp' HTH, Jacob -- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 Random .signature #58: With Windows Millennium, Microsoft was able to get the boot time down to 25 seconds. That's almost as short as it's uptime. pgpatvxkCaFaH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: getting full package name
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 11:18:42PM -0500, Craig Jackson wrote: Hi, If I would like to know the name of a package, for example dhcp, installed on the system, I would run dpkg -l | grep dhcp Most of the time I get the right name and I'm happy. But there are times when the name of the package is so long that I cannot tell what the name is. In that situation if grep through the file /var/lib/dpkg/available and I find the full name. This is just a helpful hint for newbies that may have this problem. Craig Jackson Hi Craig, the answer is to set the environmental variable COLUMNS temorarily: COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l | grep dhcp -Kev -- (__) (oo) /--\/ / ||| * /\---/\ ~~ ~~ Have you mooed today?... signature.asc Description: Digital signature
