was
> being incorrectly called (should have been
> show__not_installed_package).
Well, it fails because you are not asking the correct question. If you
want dpkg to tell you if a package is installed or not then ask that
instead:
$ dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\t${Stat
On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 12:39:48PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 09:33:27PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > Anyone know why I get this:
> >
> > $ dpkg-query --list vim-athena
> > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> > |
> > S
On 2013-09-02, Curt wrote:
>
> I have a backported package.
>
I should say that there are two packages shown when I do 'apt-cache show
vim-common," of which the backported one has vim-athena as a Recommends,
though the backported package is not the one I have installed.
Sorry for the confusion,
On 2013-09-02, Tom H wrote:
>
> so "apt-cache show vim-common" cannot list vim-athena on the "Recommends:"
> line.
Package: vim-common
Source: vim
Version: 2:7.3.547-7~bpo60+1
Installed-Size: 364
Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4)
Recommends: vim |
I'm not taking much time for reflection.
>
> curty@einstein:~$ dpkg-query --list vim-gnome
> 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: u
dbg
> No packages found matching vim-dbg.
> curty@einstein:~$ dpkg-query --list vim-dbg
> No packages found matching vim-dbg.
>
> curty@einstein:~$ dpkg -l vim-doc
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait
On 2013-09-02, Tom H wrote:
>>
> Does "apt-cache show vim-common" list vim-athena on the "Recommends:" line?
>
Yes it does. It also shows vim-gnome. So I only see one pattern here,
although I'm not taking much time for reflection.
curty@einstein:~$ dpkg-q
x27;m not getting the same output as you for the same packages, and
>> it's not the package description that apt-cache shows that seems to be
>> in question.
>>
>> curty@einstein:~$ dpkg-query --list vim-athena
>> No packages found matching vim-athena.
>>
>&
On 9/3/13, Curt wrote:
> On 2013-09-02, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> Then vim-dbg and chromium-browser-dbg should also get "un...".
>>
>
> Where or how do you get "no package description" for those packages?
> What command are you using?
:)
With my custom supa-dupa package searcher and shower script :)
t; getting the same output as me apparently.
>
Sorry to follow up on myself, but if someone could just cut and paste
the output from their machine that shows an instance of an 'un' in the first
field of a dpkg query _without_ a corresponding and in the subsequent Version and
ame packages, and
> it's not the package description that apt-cache shows that seems to be
> in question.
>
> curty@einstein:~$ dpkg-query --list vim-athena
> No packages found matching vim-athena.
>
> curty@einstein:~$ dpkg -l \* | grep vim
> ii vim 2
On 2013-09-02, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> Where or how do you get "no package description" for those packages?
>> What command are you using?
>
> dpkg -l
>
curty@einstein:~$ dpkg -l vim-dbg
No packages found matching vim-dbg.
curty@einstein:~$ dpkg-query --list vim-d
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Curt wrote:
> On 2013-09-02, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> Then vim-dbg and chromium-browser-dbg should also get "un...".
>
> Where or how do you get "no package description" for those packages?
> What command are you using?
dpkg -l
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shows that seems to be
in question.
curty@einstein:~$ dpkg-query --list vim-athena
No packages found matching vim-athena.
curty@einstein:~$ dpkg -l \* | grep vim
ii vim 2:7.2.445+hg~cb94c42c0e1a-1 Vi IMproved -
enhanced vi editor
ii vim-common2:7.2.445+hg~c
hat completely stupid? Am I confusing the cause with the effect?
>
> I actually thought the same for a bit, but apt-cache show vim-athena
> seems to show description just fine.
apt-cache queries "/var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages" whereas dpkg-query
queries "/var/lib/dpkg/
On 2013-09-02, Tom H wrote:
>
> Then vim-dbg and chromium-browser-dbg should also get "un...".
>
Where or how do you get "no package description" for those packages?
What command are you using?
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On 9/3/13, Curt wrote:
> On 2013-09-02, Tom H wrote:
>> 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.
>
> It seems to me, from what I can discern on my own system, that you
> obtain the 'un' ou
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Curt wrote:
> On 2013-09-02, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> It seems to me, from what I can discern on my own system, that
On 2013-09-02, Tom H wrote:
>
> 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.
It seems to me, from what I can discern on my own system, that you
obtain the 'un' output in the initial field when t
2013/9/2 Zenaan Harkness :
> 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: upperca
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 9/2/13, Tom H wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone know why I get this:
>>>
>>> $ dpkg-query --list vim-athena
>>> Desired=Unknown/In
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On 9/2/13, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>>
>> Anyone know why I get this:
>>
>> $ dpkg-query --list vim-athena
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |
>> Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpa
On 9/2/13, Tom H wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Zenaan Harkness 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-
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 09:33:27PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>>
>> Anyone know why I get this:
>>
>> $ dpkg-query --list vim-athena
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |
>> Statu
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:33 AM, Zenaan Harkness 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
On 9/2/13, Zenaan Harkness 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: uppe
On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 09:33:27PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness 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)/Reins
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)
||/ NameVersionArchitecture
Hi,
is it true that this call `dpkg-query -W -f='${Conffiles}\n' | grep obsolete`
show all obsolate files which can be removed ?
I read about this at http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot
while upgrading sysv-rc for dependency booting.
My script to detect obso
On Sat,03.Jan.09, 13:19:21, Antonio Diaz wrote:
> Does exist a command line which allows me to look for packages of the
>configured repository? Even though it is possible that I'm doing something
>wrong, whenever I use the command "dpkg-query --list" I don
Does exist a command line which allows me
to look for packages of the configured repository? Even though it is
possible that I'm doing something wrong, whenever I use the command
"dpkg-query --list" I don't get the same list of packages that the
search form of Debia
On 12 Aug 2005 01:43:45 -0700, hakim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> ns:~# dpkg -l '*dhcp*'
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=
Hi,
ns:~# dpkg -l '*dhcp*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-===
Trying to use --showformat to get information from the package
database. I'm fine with everything EXCEPT the Filename.
All the other items I've tried, the syntax "${Package} . . . ${Version}
etc" the "variable" matches the tag on the lines of the available file --
Package: ...
Version:
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