Must be an easier way, but based just upon what I read here: doing a dpkg list, then an apt-get update, then another dpkg list, and then a diff, or similar comparison, might do the trick. Luke On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > Ah, yes. Of course. APT is a front end for dpkg. Should have thought to > look under dpkg docs. > > Thanks. > > Do you happen to also know the answer to the other part of my question? > Which was -- How do you get notification of what packages are available > for upgrading before starting the upgrade? > > Hugh Esco writes: > > From: Hugh Esco <hesco at greens.org> > > > > Try this: > > > > dpkg -l | grep <package name you are looking for> > > > > I suspect that dpkg has its own man page. > > You can also use this command to install an individual package. > > > > dpkg -i <packagename> > > > > if the *.deb package is already in the current directory. > > > > -- Hugh > > > > On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > This raises a question: How does one get a list of all the apps > > > currently installed? I know how to do that with rpm, but I don't know > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
