cant mount windows partition in debian 5 - Page 2

07-02-2009	#11 (permalink)
dharanitharan Just Joined! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 35	hey saltamontes,dc i got it.... i installed ntfs-3g package and aft that issued the command dc mentioned... it works fine .. thanks a lot... then how can i check whether a particular package is installed or not using terminal...

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how can i check whether a particular package is installed or not using terminal...

Code:

dpkg -l | grep <package_name>

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07-11-2009	#13 (permalink)
Saltamontes Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mexico Posts: 64	excellent !!! also you can try: Code: apt-cache search [package] you can obtain more information searching in the web... or in the Debian Page, there are manuals about apt (APT HowTO) also, you can check the man pages for quick reference: Code: man apt man apt-cache man apt-get man aptitude See you.

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