From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DNbfl-0003Xm-00 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:12:41 -0400 Received: (qmail 16893 invoked by uid 0); 18 Apr 2005 19:12:38 -0000 Received: from user-24-236-69-150.knology.net (HELO localhost) (24.236.69.150) by smtp2.knology.net with SMTP; 18 Apr 2005 19:12:38 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DNbhl-0007Om-UN for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:14:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:14:45 -0500 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050418191445.GA28085@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050418122718.GA8794@blackbox> <000801c54435$5ee8fcd0$220110ac@jim> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000801c54435$5ee8fcd0$220110ac@jim> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Kenny Hitt Subject: Re: audio players X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 19:12:41 -0000 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