dpkg uninstalled packages, problem solved
a simple "dselect update" made information for most uninstalled packages
available. There are still some packages with no description, but I
guess these are packages which are indeed not available.
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
+++-==========================-============-=============================================================
un acidlab-mysql 0.9.6b20-10 Analysis Console for
Intrusion Databases for MySQL
un alamin-mysql 0.3.7-1 Alamin GSM SMS Gateway mysql
interface
un aspseek-libmysqldb 1.2.10-1.1 Advanced Internet search
engine (MySQL module)
un cl-sql-mysql 3.1.1-1 CLSQL database backend, MySQL
un courier-authmysql 0.47-3 Courier Mail Server - MySQL
authentication
un courier-imap-authmysql <none> (no description available)
ii dbf2mysql 1.14a-3 xBase <--> MySQL
un dbmail-mysql 1.2.11-1 Fast and scalable sql based
imap and pop mailserver
un dpsyco-mysql 1.0.26 Automate administration of
access to mysql
un freeradius-mysql 1.0.1-1 MySQL module for FreeRADIUS
server
un gda-mysql 0.2.96-6 GDA backend server for MySQL
un gda2-mysql 1.0.4-1 MySQL backend plugin for
GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
un libadamysql1 <none> (no description available)
un libapache-mod-acct-mysql 0.5-14 Accounting module for
Apache, mysql version
un libapache-mod-auth-mysql 4.3.8-1 Apache module for MySQL
authentication
un libapache2-mod-auth-mysql 4.3.8-1 Apache 2 module for MySQL
authentication
un libdbd-mysql 0.7.1-2 MySQL database server driver
for libdbi
ii libdbd-mysql-perl 2.9003-3 A Perl5 database interface
to the MySQL database
un libdbd-mysql-ruby 0.0.23-2 Ruby/DBI driver for MySQL
un libdbd-mysql-ruby1.6 0.0.23-2 Ruby/DBI MySQL driver for
Ruby 1.6
un libdbd-mysql-ruby1.8 0.0.23-2 Ruby/DBI MySQL driver for
Ruby 1.8
un libgnademysql1 1.5.1-1 MySQL specific runtime
library for GNADE
un libgql-driver-0.5-mysql 0.5.7-7.1 Generic C++ SQL Library -
MySQL driver
un libmysql-java 3.0.9-1 Java database (JDBC) driver
for MySQL
un libmysql-ocaml 1.0.3-2 OCaml bindings for MySql
un libmysql-ocaml-dev 1.0.3-2 OCaml bindings for MySql
un libmysql-ruby 2.4.5-6 MySQL module for Ruby
un libmysql-ruby1.6 2.4.5-6 MySQL module for Ruby 1.6
un libmysql-ruby1.8 2.4.5-6 MySQL module for Ruby 1.8
un libmysqlclient-dev 4.0.22-2 mysql database development files
103 packages (omitted some for clarity)
Has anybody an idea why "apt-get update" doesn't update the file
"/var/lib/dpkg/available" properly?
Alexander
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