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From: "jim grimsby" <jimgrims@pacbell.net>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
	<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: RE: audio players
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:43:34 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000401c54468$12c5d610$220110ac@jim> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050418191445.GA28085@blackbox>

None that I know of.  The manual for apt says to use this one so it is
the one I use. 
Apt-show-versions can show you every package installed on your system by
just typing the command.  
Apt-show-versions 
I like seeing all my info screen full by screen full so I type
apt-show-versions | more 
Of course you could use aptitude to find out the same thing.  


-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Kenny Hitt
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:15 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: audio players


hi.  what advantage does this program have over just typing

apt-cache show package

and

dpkg --status package

          Kenny
	  
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:40:41AM -0700, jim grimsby wrote:
> Hi,
> You should also make sure you have apt-show-versions installed.  To do
> this do this.
> Apt-get install apt-show-versions 
> Now when you want to know what version of a program you have installed
> you can then 
> Type apt-show-versions package name.  
> If you do not have it installed it will report that package x is not
> installed.  Replace package name in the above example with the name of

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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Eric Kosten
 ` Lorenzo Taylor
   ` Charles Hallenbeck
     ` Lorenzo Taylor
       ` Charles Hallenbeck
         ` Sean McMahon
       ` Charles Hallenbeck
         ` Lorenzo Taylor
           ` Charles Hallenbeck
             ` Lorenzo Taylor
               ` Charles Hallenbeck
           ` Charles Hallenbeck
             ` Kenny Hitt
       ` Charles Hallenbeck
         ` Lorenzo Taylor
     ` Kenny Hitt
       ` Charles Hallenbeck
         ` Kenny Hitt
           ` Charles Hallenbeck
             ` Kenny Hitt
               ` Kenny Hitt
                 ` Charles Hallenbeck
               ` jim grimsby
                 ` Charles Hallenbeck
                 ` Kenny Hitt
                   ` jim grimsby [this message]
             ` jim grimsby
             ` Sean McMahon
               ` Charles Hallenbeck
                 ` Kenny Hitt

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