Re: Question on dpkg -l output.

[aprekates <aprekates@posteo.net>]

Indeed some are virtual or pure virtual (although i dont know the diff)

But also there are packages like 'ergo' which look normal
and the only relation i think found (reason to display it) is because
libstd++6 depends on it.

Also listed packages like 'wink' not in the repos any more.


On 22/12/18 2:18 π.μ., Oliver Schoede wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 01:10:34 +0200
> aprekates <aprekates@posteo.net> wrote:
>
> > In my case both:
> >
> > $ dpkg -l w*
> >
> > and
> >
> > $ dpkg -l 'w*'
> >
> > will report the same list
> Hi!
>
> I'm getting the same sort of output and it seems to me these are
> packages, dpkg knows about providing some virtual packages,
> that something else on your system depends upon, but which is already
> satisfied in other ways. This would for instance
> explain why I see w3m and chromium, although having had neither
> installed at any time: both provide www-browser, and
> something I have depends on it.
>
> Cheers