On 1/29/2016 9:22 PM, david wrote: > Is there a reason for this inconsistency? The above algorithm works > with most other packages. what 'algorithm' ? there's no fixed correlation between program name and package name. for example, the package providing 'iostat' and 'sar' is called sysstat. And, some packages change their names in different major releases of an OS. Some packages are dropped entirely in new releases, and other packages are added. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz