Bug#305061: marked as done (Documention on what "rc" "ii" and other codes mean)
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Hello,
I am trying to find out what the codes mean in the output which I cannot
find documentation on at present..
I did dpkg -l |less
and I get these headings
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-===========================================
However, there is no expanation here or in the "man dpkg" what all the
codes mean?
What does "ii" mean? and "rc"?
# dpkg -l |grep american
rc iamerican 3.1.20.0-4 An American English dictionary for ispell
rc wamerican 5-4 American English dictionary words for
/usr/s
If I do this " apt-get --purge remove iamerican wamerican" should the
packages still keep showing up as "rc"?
I wonder if this functionality could be documented somewhere..? Or have
I missed some big chunk of documentation..?
Kind regards
JG
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Subject: Re: Bug#305061: Documention on what "rc" "ii" and other codes mean
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On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 19:00 +0100, J. Grant wrote:
> I am trying to find out what the codes mean in the output which I cannot=20
> find documentation on at present..
>=20
The documentation is in the output, it's fairly common to use a capital
letter to indicate which is the important one.
> I did dpkg -l |less
>=20
> and I get these headings
>=20
> Desired=3DUnknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
=20
> | Status=3DNot/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-install=
ed
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
> |/ Err?=3D(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=3Dboth-problems (Status,Err:=20
> uppercase=3Dbad)
> ||/ Name Version Description
> +++-=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D-=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D-=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>=20
> What does "ii" mean? and "rc"?
>=20
Using the above, "ii" means "Desired=3DInstall", "Status=3D"Installed".
"rc" means "Desired=3DRemove", "Status=3DConfig-files"
In other words, a package in "ii" state is one that user wants installed
and is currently installed. A package in "rc" state is one the user
wants to be removed and currently only has config-files on the disk (ie.
is removed).
The official source of documentation of the states is the policy and
developers reference (and the old packaging manual).
> If I do this " apt-get --purge remove iamerican wamerican" should the=20
> packages still keep showing up as "rc"?
>=20
No, they should not show up at all; they haven't been purged ... If
this is demonstratably the case, please open a bug for that.
Scott
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Have you ever, ever felt like this?
Had strange things happen? Are you going round the twist?
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