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



On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 12:39:48PM +0100, Darac Marjal 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.
> 
Then why does it show up in synaptic?


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