[plug] VERY basic debian question

[The Thought Assassin]

On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:
> Now all I need to do is workout the naming scheme.
> So I can apt-get install what I need.

Not quite sure what you mean by "the naming scheme", but if you've done an
"apt-get update" then you should find a list of available packages and
descriptions in /var/lib/dpkg/available, and a "dpkg -s <package-name>"
will tell you whether or not you've installed a given package.

HTH,

-Greg