Interpreting aptitude and "dpkg -l" output
The following concrete examples illustrates my query:
Aptitude:
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[root@carrot root]# aptitude search libpng12*
i A libpng10-0 - PNG library, older version - runtime
p libpng10-dev - PNG library, older version - development
i A libpng12-0 - PNG library - runtime
v libpng12-0-dev -
p libpng12-dev - PNG library - development
dpkg -l
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[root@carrot root]# dpkg -l libpng12*
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
+++-=========================-=========================
ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library -
runtime
un libpng12-0-dev <none> (no description
available)
pn libpng12-dev <none> (no description
available)
I am certain that the man pages have a full explanation of the codes (i,
A, p ,v, un and pn). But I need to know the keywords that will get me
to the correct <section|paragraph> with a simple "search" command.
All advice will be gratefully received.
Felix Karpfen
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Felix Karpfen
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