Re: how to put packages on hold -- permanently

[Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> Andrei Popescu put forth on 12/30/2009 3:41 AM:
>
>> I prefer to ask dpkg about installed packages, it should know best ;)
>
> I find the aptitude show results more useful.  I have no idea what the first
> three lines of the dpkg -l output below are trying to tell me.
>
>
> :/# dpkg -l postfix
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name                        Version                     Description
> +++-===========================-===========================-======================================================================
> ii  postfix                     2.5.5-1.1                   High-performance
> mail transport agent

These three lines are headers.

First 'i' in postfix line are saying to you that you desire to have
postfix installed
Second 'i' says that postfix is installed (this is the Status)
There is a third field wich is empty (none) which say you there is not
error with this package installation.

Regards,