$author = "Nathan McKinlay" ; > > Ahh right 1 not L :) it happens to everyone at least once... :)
> result: > > # apt-cache show libmm11 > Package: libmm11 > Priority: optional > Section: libs > Installed-Size: 72 > Maintainer: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Architecture: alpha > Source: mm > Version: 1.1.3-6 > Depends: libc6.1 (>= 2.2.4-4) > Filename: pool/main/m/mm/libmm11_1.1.3-6_alpha.deb > Size: 15686 > MD5sum: 68cf858136097b16a54619ba7c619a16 > Description: Shared memory library > MM is a two layer abstraction library which simplifies the use of > shared memory between forked (and therefore closely related) > processes. It hides all platform-dependent aspects of the process from > the user and provides a malloc(3)-style API. > . > This package includes the runtime libraries required to run programs > dynamically linked against the library. > > I'm guessing this means it's already installed? not necessarily. apt-cache uses the information files downloaded by an "apt-get update" to reveal a packages details. you'll need to try a "dpkg -s libmm11". > Is this a case of too hard? I don't want you all to think I'm ..... taking > advantage? of your knowledge. If this is too much bother tell me where to > go :) we are here to help. :) assisting others is a way many of us repay the debt we feel to the user community for the assistance granted to us when we were starting out. cheers marty -- So stay tonight. Quietly. Half awake. But half asleep. There's no one home. No one's here. So quietly. Stay with me. Stay tonight. Quietly. Stay with me. Quietly. Stay tonight. Stay tonight. "Something New" - Art of Fighting -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
