Re: package shows no version number.

[Wayne Topa <brittman@capital.net>]

spencer(infotechsys@pivot.net) is reported to have said:
> Hi,
> I just tried to update wxPython to release 2.5.
> First I did apt-cache search wxPython - the output
> 
> pythoncard-tools - wxPython-based GUI construction framework (optional
> development tools)
> wx2.5-examples - wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (examples)
> wxpython2.5.3 - wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (wxPython
> common files)
> wxwin2.4-examples - wxWindows Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit (examples)
> 
> So, then i did apt-get install wxpython. After it completed
> 
> dpkg -l wxpython
> 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  wxpython                 <none>                   (no description
> available)
> 
> Why don't I have a version number and
> I still have my old release.
> Any help please.
> Wayne

apt-cache search wxpython lists wxpython2.5.3
dpkg -l wxpython2.5.3  shows no version number. Maybe because the
version # is part if the package name.(???)
wxpython2.5.3

Wayne
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