Hi, On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> 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
These three lines are headers. First 'i' in postfix line are saying to you that you desire to have postfix installed Second 'i' says that postfix is installed (this is the Status) There is a third field wich is empty (none) which say you there is not error with this package installation. Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org