Error

rvijay · 02-19-2005, 08:46 AM

I just realized taht I am also setup with apt to get nonfree packages. Could I have downloaded them in error ? How can I verify ?

Thanks.

Vijay

Dead Parrot · 02-19-2005, 02:06 PM

You can see the list of installed packages with "dpkg -l" but it won't show which installed packages belong to the non-free category. But you can go through installed packages in Aptitude or Synaptic and check if non-free category shows there.

In general, packages that have non-free dependencies have been moved to the contrib category. If you've only installed packages from the main category, you shouldn't have any non-free software installed.

rvijay · 02-19-2005, 07:46 PM

I just have one nonfree packages installed. It is called hwb or The hardware Manual. How does it work ?

Thanks.

Vijay

Dead Parrot · 02-19-2005, 08:19 PM

It seems to be a document so you'll probably find it from the /usr/share/doc/ directory.
http://packages.debian.org/testing/doc/hwb
Usually, when you install new packages you can check for some info about the package and its usage by browsing to this package's directory under /usr/share/doc/ and often there is also a man page available, which might be worth checking out.

rvijay · 02-19-2005, 09:38 PM

Yes, it was in /usr/share/doc

Funny thing is that it says that it is free and anyone can copy/redistribute it as they wish.
Looks like there is an error somewhere.

Vijay