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misc : console & pakage management

Two unrelated questions here:

1/ In debian, is it possible to change the font and resolution of the console (not xterm)?

2/ still in debian, how can you know what packages have been installed ? I'm thinking to something similar to pkg_info on FreeBSD.

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i am not a debian user but ...
1. for console you have the setfont utility. look at /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts/.
2. try dpkg -l

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