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[09:54] <s-fox> Hello :)
[12:58] <jobinar> Hi!
[12:58] <jobinar> I m a moderately new user to Ubuntu, and am interested in finding out new things in it
[12:59] <jobinar> Can anyone tell me which file gets changed when I do a sudo apt-get update?
[13:00] <jobinar> I mean I want to know where is the list of all the softwares in my system....
[13:00] <jobinar> Any help appreciated!
[13:00] <bioterror> it's /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin
[13:00] <bioterror> and /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin
[13:00] <jobinar> Thanks a lot bioterror!!!
[13:01] <jobinar> I am not able to read the contents fo the file. It seems to be a binary file
[13:01] <jobinar> Can I in anyway read this?
[13:02] <jobinar> Or is there a text version available?
[13:02] <bioterror> you want to list all the stuff you have installed?
[13:02] <jobinar> no
[13:02] <bioterror> what you are after?
[13:02] <jobinar>  I came to know that is here /var/lib/dpkg/status
[13:02] <jobinar> I want to know where are "all" the softwares availble for download kept on my system...
[13:02] <jobinar> for some foolish reasons u can say
[13:03] <bioterror> files you have used for installing programs?
[13:03] <bioterror> I'm trying to understand what you're after
[13:04] <jobinar> no buddy, I mean, when I type the name of a software not installed on my system, it comes to know that it is not installed but there is software by that name?
[13:04] <jobinar> how does it come to know this?
[13:06] <jobinar> Hope u got my intention
[13:06] <bioterror> yes, when you type a command in shell, it tells you command not found, but you can install it
[13:06] <bioterror> like htop, for example
[13:06] <jobinar> ya
[13:08] <jobinrv> sorry for the interruption, my connection got reset
[13:08] <bioterror> it's a bash script, I assume
[13:09] <jobinrv> is the list of files not stored anywhere on my system, then?
[13:09] <jobinrv> like the list of softwares installed on my system....
[13:10] <Amijai> i cannot log in to my GTalk accounts on precise
[13:10] <Amijai> claimes the password is incorrect, although I know for a fact it's correct!
[13:11] <Amijai> jobinrv: what was your question? I just got here
[13:11] <jobinrv> i wanted to know where is the list of all the softwares available for download stored on my system...
[13:12] <jobinrv> the way   /var/lib/dpkg/status stores the list of installed softwares
[13:13] <Amijai> I don't think you can vrowse the list
[13:13] <Amijai> is in a tar.gz file
[13:13] <Amijai> what are you looking for exactly?
[13:13] <jobinrv> i just want to know how does the shell come to know that there is no software installed on my PC named "XYZ", when i type XYZ but it knows that it is a software
[13:13] <bioterror> jobinrv, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommandNotFoundMagic
[13:14] <Amijai> you could install apt-file to figure out which package holds a certain file
[13:14] <jobinrv> i just want to know this for some silly reason
[13:14] <bioterror> jobinrv, I gave you what you're looking for ;)
[13:15] <jobinrv> thanks bioterror, will check it in a moment
[13:15] <Amijai> I am no Ubuntu developer, but I guess it has to do with the updatedb mechanism
[13:16] <Amijai> it compares the installed package list with the last list it got from apt-get update
[13:17] <jobinrv> Thanks bioterror, Amijai! Got it!
[13:17] <bioterror> /usr/lib64/python2.7/dist-packages/CommandNotFound/CommandNotFound.py
[13:17] <jobinrv> \m/
[13:17] <bioterror> https://launchpad.net/command-not-found
[23:35] <Petskull> I want to reach files on a USB drive (always on/connected) via ftp.  I tried 'ln -ds <path_usb>' to make symlinks, but they don't show up in the ftp.  Then, of course, ln -d to a usb drive failed.  Any ideas?