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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? |
| Date | 2018-07-20 14:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <wdCoq-73D-21@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 07/19/2018 10:46 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Thu, 19 Jul 2018, David Wright wrote: >> While there are commands like aptitude search and aptitude why >> available for such purposes, these are really designed for routine >> maintenance. For your purposes, I think you need to develop a more >> intimate relationship with the files in /var/lib/apt/lists/, > > or look at the utilities that the package dctrl-tools provides ;-) > For my fellow newbies who come across this thread, the associated man pages are: https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/dctrl-tools/grep-dctrl.1.en.html grep-dctrl, grep-status, grep-available, grep-aptavail, grep-debtags https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/dctrl-tools/sort-dctrl.1.en.html https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/dctrl-tools/tbl-dctrl.1.en.html generate tabular representations of data in dctrl format https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/dctrl-tools/sync-available.8.en.html sync dpkg's available database with apt's database GREP-DCTRL(1) says in part, "Use your imagination! The building blocks are there ..." I believe it ;/ I suspect piping its output to tbl-dctrl will be interesting to say the least. Thanks.
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An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-18 15:50 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-07-18 16:10 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-19 13:40 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2018-07-19 15:40 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-19 16:30 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-07-20 01:50 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-20 12:40 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-19 17:20 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2018-07-19 17:50 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-20 14:10 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-20 23:10 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-21 17:50 +0200
Re: An introduction to Debian's topology/structure/??? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-19 18:40 +0200
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