[Bug 1178173] Re: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package
But this is the problem i described! Nobody can know all the ten thousands(!) of packages by there 'real' name - but they do know the metapackage 'Transmission', 'Wesnoth', 'LiberOffice' whatever. So if they look with "sudo apt-cache policy transmission" after the installed package they get the false result, that the package is not installed; but it is! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178173 Title: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1178173/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1178173] Re: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package
transmission is a metapackage, yes, but that means you use it to install the other packages -- not that the metapackage gets automatically installed when you install the other packages. The Transmission application that you are using is in the transmission-gtk package, which you have installed. tranmission, the metapackage which depends on transmission-gtk, is not installed. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178173 Title: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1178173/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1178173] Re: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package
oh YES, you are right! BUT the both "ii" at the beginning are for ME, that the packages are installed... - and "transmission" is a metapackage. Also: Transmission IS installed and working fine - or do YOU know my PC better than i? So the bug is shurely not "Invalid"! ** Description changed: - If i report a bug in an ubuntu package there is below the window a small - manual which steps to do. + When i report a bug in an ubuntu package there is below the window a + small manual which steps to do. We also need: 1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu 2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center 3) What you expected to happen 4) What happened instead While reporting a bug about "Transmission" i looked into the help file and found version 2.77. Normally i use "dpkg -l | grep 'transmission'" to see what and which packages incl. number is installed. In this case i became different version numbers and i did an recheck: Transmission Help: 2.77 (14031) ~$ sudo apt-cache policy transmission [sudo] password for laza: transmission: Installiert: (keine) Kandidat:2.51-0ubuntu1.3 Versionstabelle: 2.51-0ubuntu1.3 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/universe amd64 Packages 2.51-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages ~$ dpkg -l | grep 'transmission' ii transmission-common2.77-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 lightweight BitTorrent client (common files) ii transmission-gtk 2.77-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 lightweight BitTorrent client (GTK interface) This is cause i use the ppa source also to install the actual version: http://ppa.launchpad.net/transmissionbt/ppa/ubuntu So the step should be corrected to "dpkg -l | grep 'packagename'" or equal which considers alternative sources! . Xubuntu 12.04.2 ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Invalid => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178173 Title: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1178173/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1178173] Re: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package
That `apt-cache policy` output shows that the package 'transmission' is not installed at all. The `dpkg -l` output shows that 'transmission-gtk' and 'transmission-common' are version 2.77 -- but it doesn't show 'transmission' at all, because it's not installed. ** Project changed: launchpad => ubuntu ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178173 Title: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1178173/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
