Fwd: dpkg-query --load-avail not working?
On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 6:27 AM, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 03:42:26PM -0400, Tong Sun wrote: > > If so, then somehow dpkg-query --load-avail is not working: > > > > $ dpkg-query --load-avail --list 'golang-github-*' > > dpkg-query: no packages found matching golang-github-* > > It'll work if /var/lib/dpkg/available is being kept up to date, which > apt doesn't do by default. You can use "dselect update" in place of > "apt update" to update the available file as well as doing the other > index-update tasks. > Works like a charm. Thanks Colin! -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
Re: dpkg-query --load-avail not working?
On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 03:42:26PM -0400, Tong Sun wrote: > If so, then somehow dpkg-query --load-avail is not working: > > $ dpkg-query --load-avail --list 'golang-github-*' > dpkg-query: no packages found matching golang-github-* It'll work if /var/lib/dpkg/available is being kept up to date, which apt doesn't do by default. You can use "dselect update" in place of "apt update" to update the available file as well as doing the other index-update tasks. -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@ubuntu.com] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
dpkg-query --load-avail not working?
The man page for `--load-avail` says that it will *"also load the available file". * This means it will work for uninstalled packages as well as the installed ones, right? The answer from https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/dpkg-list-4175503904/ seems to concur with this: If you want a list of ALL available packages. > # dpkg-query --load-avail -l '*' If so, then somehow dpkg-query --load-avail is not working: $ dpkg-query --load-avail --list 'golang-github-*' dpkg-query: no packages found matching golang-github-* Anyone can help/confirm, etc? Thx. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
