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Re: Interpreting aptitude and "dpkg -l" output



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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:00:15 +0100, Travis Crump wrote:

>
> Fire up aptitude in interactive mode and hit '?' to read the help, 
> it's not that long and the package state abbreviations are explained > 
> at the end[for some reason A isn't listed, it means automatically >   
> installed].

Firstly my thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

While "aptitude's online help is admirably concise, it still helps to
know what to look for.

- "v" is listed under "state flag",  and I still need to be told what a
   "virtual" state is;

-  the meanings of "p" and "i" are fairly clear - even if "i" scores
   an entry under both "state" and "action"; and

- as mentioned "A" does not score an entry - which is why I was not
  convinced that I was looking in the right place.

>
>> dpkg -l
>> ---------
>> [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)
>
> You answer is right here, the first column is Desired [state], the
> second is [current] Status, the third is Errors.  The codes are
> abbreviated by their initial letter.  So 'ii ' is desired installed
> and actually installed with no errors. 

So far, so good.

What about "pn "?  How can the Desired state be "purge" if the
current status is "not installed"?

I have a clear need to learn the Debian vocabulary.

Felix Karpfen


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