On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 01:10:34 +0200 aprekates <apreka...@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