Re: dpkg sees packages that don't exist

[AG <computing.account@googlemail.com>]

AG wrote:
> Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> > I have the following output from dpkg:
> >
> >     $ dpkg --get-selections ia32-cross\*
> >     ia32-crossover-games-demo                       install
> >     ia32-crossover-gamesdemo                        deinstall
> >     ia32-crossover-pro                              install
> >     ia32-crossover-standard                         install
> >
> > but I can't remove Crossover Standard because:
> >
> >     $ sudo dpkg -r ia32-crossover-standard
> >     dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove ia32-crossover-standard 
> > which isn't installed.
> >
> > How do I get dpkg to stop listing a package that it doesn't think is
> > installed?
> >
> >   
> This sounds like it is a Debian (or Ubuntu?) issue, not anything to do 
> with GNOME, surely?
Oops - sorry - cross-posting mistake.