On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 04:13:43AM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Andrei Popescu put forth on 12/30/2009 3:41 AM: > > > I prefer to ask dpkg about installed packages, it should know best ;) > > I find the aptitude show results more useful. I have no idea what the first > three lines of the dpkg -l output below are trying to tell me. > > > :/# dpkg -l postfix > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-===========================-===========================-====================================================================== > ii postfix 2.5.5-1.1 High-performance > mail transport agent >
You just don't know debian packaging basics :-). apt-* + dpkg - is very powerful and easy to use tandem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org