correcting dpkg status before upgrading

[Kenny Wickstrom <kenny@kennet.com>]

Hi,

I have several packages that are installed and seem to be working fine.  
However, dpkg --list reveals that some of the packages' status is 
Installed but the Desired is Purge.  How do I change these packages so 
that their status and desired states are both Installed?  Is there a way 
to do this without editing the status file?  My dpkg is 0.93.42.3.

Thanks,

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