On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: > On 9/2/13, Zenaan Harkness <z...@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) > > Actually I misread the status, that's u and n, not U and n, ie > "unknown" and "not-installed". > > Further example: > > $ dpkg-query --list chromium-browser-dbg 2>&1 > dpkg-query: no packages found matching chromium-browser-dbg > > Why don't I get this result, with vim-athena? > > Also: > $ dpkg-query -s vim-athena 2>&1 > dpkg-query: package 'vim-athena' is not installed and no information > is available
dpkg-query parses "/var/lib/dpkg/status". Since vim-athena isn't installed, "-s" tells you that it's not installed. Since chromium-browser-dbg isn't installed, "-l" tells you that it's not found. AFAICT, the "un" output of "-l" for vim-athena is because it's listed in the "Recommends" field of vim-common, so it's recognized as a package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=Sx17BRTmyFxgt4J8k8b6Cpcs=eauhrezm4hyc_yulr...@mail.gmail.com
