18 Feb
2013
18 Feb
'13
3:24 a.m.
On 02/17/2013 02:17 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
Ahh! OK. Apologies.
No problems! I like synaptic, anyway!
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On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 08:56:45PM -1000, david
wrote:
Thanks. Useful things to know.
On 02/16/2013 08:23 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
"apt-cache search <term>"
"apt-get changelog <pkgname>" That what "apt-cache policy
<pkgname>", and "apt-cache show <pkgname>"
are for. I don't see how you can call the command lines crptic!
OK. How can I use apt-get to tell me exactly what "pkgname" is when
I don't know what the package is named? Or grab a package's
changelog? Also my comment was just pointing out that if you have
synaptic
installed you can't honestly claim that you have a "truly minimum
desktop"
I don't claim to have a "truly minimum desktop" installed. I used to