3a) I'd like to get an output list including all the packages from
step 1 above,
3b) Showing the package name, its installed status (ii, un, etc)
like from step 2.
Note: One way might be to:
1) Do the apt-cache search packagename
Note that that searches the package descriptions. To
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 4:23 PM, giovanni_re john...@fastmail.us wrote:
Thanks Aaron Tom -
That's progress, but not there yet. ;)
Further suggestion? Thanks :)
You're welcome.
I assumed that you only wanted installed packages because I thought
that dpkg -l was meant for installed packages...
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM, giovanni_re john...@fastmail.us wrote:
Is there a way to mashup apt-cache search SearchTerm dpkg -l
- so that given a SearchTerm,
it would find all the related package names in the cache,
then do a dpkg -l on those package names?
No need for dpkg.
aptitude
Thanks Aaron Tom -
That's progress, but not there yet. ;)
Further suggestion? Thanks :)
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:39:41 -0400, Tom H tomh0...@gmail.com said:
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM, giovanni_re john...@fastmail.us wrote:
Is there a way to mashup apt-cache search SearchTerm dpkg -l
Thanks Aaron Tom -
That's progress, but not there yet. ;)
Further suggestion? Thanks :)
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 19:00:20 -0600, Aaron Toponce aaron.topo...@gmail.com
said:
On 6/26/2010 6:58 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote:
On 6/26/2010 6:55 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote:
On 6/26/2010 5:57 PM, giovanni_re
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:27:14 -0700, giovanni_re john...@fastmail.us said:
Note: One way might be to:
1) Do the apt-cache search packagename
2) For each line
2a) Pull out the package name
2b) Write an apt-cache search for that name only to a temp file
Er, that should have been a dpkg -l
2010/6/27 giovanni_re john...@fastmail.us:
Is there a way to mashup apt-cache search SearchTerm dpkg -l
- so that given a SearchTerm,
it would find all the related package names in the cache,
then do a dpkg -l on those package names?
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On 6/26/2010 5:57 PM, giovanni_re wrote:
Is there a way to mashup apt-cache search SearchTerm dpkg -l
- so that given a SearchTerm,
it would find all the related package names in the cache,
then do a dpkg -l on those package names?
dpkg -l $(apt-search iceweasel|grep ^i|awk '{print
On 6/26/2010 6:55 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote:
On 6/26/2010 5:57 PM, giovanni_re wrote:
Is there a way to mashup apt-cache search SearchTerm dpkg -l
- so that given a SearchTerm,
it would find all the related package names in the cache,
then do a dpkg -l on those package names?
dpkg -l
On 6/26/2010 6:58 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote:
On 6/26/2010 6:55 PM, Aaron Toponce wrote:
On 6/26/2010 5:57 PM, giovanni_re wrote:
Is there a way to mashup apt-cache search SearchTerm dpkg -l
- so that given a SearchTerm,
it would find all the related package names in the cache,
then do a
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