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Re: dpkg-query - package "un"packed, no version ???



On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 09:33:27PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Anyone know why I get this:
> 
> $ dpkg-query --list vim-athena
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name                Version        Architecture   Description
> +++-===================-==============-==============-============================================
> un  vim-athena          <none>                        (no description available)

"un" isn't "un"packed it's "Desired=unknown/Status=not". That is, dpkg
doesn't know about the package and it's not installed. That probably
means that the package doesn't exist in debian.

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