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

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> 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)

What's the problem?

u means that the action is unknown
and
n means that it's not installed