List of packages from certain repo

[John L Fjellstad]

Bob Davis <bob at bobsbits.net> writes:

> I just tried this:
>
> Find the repository with your browser
> for this line in sources.list:
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy universe main restricted multiverse
> I went to:
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy/main/binary-i386/
> There you will find a file named Packages.bz2
> Download this file and you find a list of all of the packages and their versions and descriptions

You don't need to download it, since if it is your source.list, and your
deb database is up-to-date, then that file should be in /var/lib/apt/lists

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John L. Fjellstad
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