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Old 05-16-2018, 09:02 PM   #1
ballsystemlord
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aptitude not showing descriptions


Code:
% aptitude --version
aptitude 0.8.7
Compiler: g++ 6.3.0 20170415
Compiled against:
  apt version 5.0.1
  NCurses version 6.0
  libsigc++ version: 2.10.0
  Gtk+ support disabled.
  Qt support disabled.

Current library versions:
  NCurses version: ncurses 6.0.20161126
  cwidget version: 0.5.17
  Apt version: 5.0.1
Hello, I'm running Devuan (Debian related), Linux P4 4.9.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.9.65-3 (2017-12-03) i686 GNU/Linux.
When I examine a package with aptitude, in the description bar I don't see the long description.
I tried cycling with "I", but I cannot find the long description (see pic).
I also tried an internet search and reading/searching the manual

Thanks!
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Old 05-18-2018, 08:56 PM   #2
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I get similar results using aptitude in a VM of Devuan Jessie even with the "v" (verbose) agument:

Code:
# aptitude -v --version
aptitude 0.6.11 compiled at Nov  8 2014 13:34:39
Compiler: g++ 4.9.1
Compiled against:
  apt version 4.12.0
  NCurses version 5.9
  libsigc++ version: 2.4.0
  Gtk+ support disabled.
  Qt support disabled.

Current library versions:
  NCurses version: ncurses 5.9.20140913
  cwidget version: 0.5.17
  Apt version: 4.12.0
However, when I use "apt show," I get a much more thorough--one might even say overwhelming--output. I'm not sure whether this is what you mean by "descriptions," but here's an example:

Code:
# apt show firefox-esr
Package: firefox-esr
Version: 52.8.0esr-1~deb8u1
Installed-Size: 108 MB
Maintainer: Maintainers of Mozilla-related packages <pkg-mozilla-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Provides: gnome-www-browser, www-browser
Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.17), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.0.2), libdbus-glib-1-2 (>= 0.78), libevent-2.0-5 (>= 2.0.10-stable), libffi6 (>= 3.0.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.0.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.10), libhunspell-1.3-0 (>= 1.3.3), libjsoncpp0, libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libstartup-notification0 (>= 0.8), libstdc++6 (>= 4.9), libx11-6, libx11-xcb1, libxcb-shm0, libxcb1, libxcomposite1 (>= 1:0.3-1), libxdamage1 (>= 1:1.1), libxext6, libxfixes3, libxrender1, libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.4), fontconfig, procps, debianutils (>= 1.16), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.12-1~)
Suggests: fonts-stix | otf-stix, fonts-lmodern, mozplugger, libgssapi-krb5-2 | libkrb53, libcanberra0
Conflicts: iceweasel (<< 45), j2re1.4, pango-graphite (<< 0.9.3)
Breaks: xul-ext-torbutton
Section: web
Priority: optional
Download-Size: 46.9 MB
APT-Manual-Installed: no
APT-Sources: http://us.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie-security/main amd64 Packages
Description: Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR)

N: There is 1 additional record. Please use the '-a' switch to see it
The package managers in Debian evolved over a number of years. My guess is that some are more evolved than others, but it's just a guess.

Last edited by frankbell; 05-18-2018 at 08:59 PM.
 
Old 05-19-2018, 08:50 PM   #3
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Actually I was thinking of something like this (Yes, I am trying to be funny):

Code:
# apt show firefox-esr
...
Summery:     This is a web browser
Description: A really slow piece of software
that makes dieing squawking sounds as it
overwhelms the memory banks of your computer
and subverts the principles of FLOSS that RMS
setup in favor of a more "immersive" audio and
video experience such that you never really
believe that the web has or ever had been an
open, human parsable, standard based on SGML.
Notice the lengthy description and short summery. See also the aptitude manual which has pictures of what I'm talking about.

Last edited by ballsystemlord; 05-19-2018 at 08:52 PM.
 
  


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