Re: dpkg-query - package "un"packed, no version ???
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> wrote:
> 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.
It wouldn't output "un vim-athena ..." if it didn't exist!
The "u" means that the "Desired Action" for the package is "Unknown".
The "n" means that the "Status" of the package is "Not installed".
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