Re: uninstalled packages in 'dpkg -l'

1996-05-19 Thread Joseph Skinner
On Thu, 16 May 1996, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > If you do this a lot, write a shell alias (bash aliases can't handle > arguments, unfortunately), function or shell script to do it for you. > > NOTE: be wary of shell functions (and aliases too)...even if you define > them in your ~/.bashrc so

Re: uninstalled packages in 'dpkg -l'

1996-05-17 Thread Rob Browning
>What can I do about this? dpkg --list 'ncurses*' | egrep -v '^un' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ NameVersionDes

Re: uninstalled packages in 'dpkg -l'

1996-05-16 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, 15 May 1996, Maarten Boekhold wrote: > I always thought that 'dpkg -l' was supposed to show you all *installed* > packages, but, when I do a: dpkg -l 'ncurses*' on my system, I get: > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half

Re: uninstalled packages in 'dpkg -l'

1996-05-16 Thread Carlo U. Segre
On Wed, 15 May 1996, Maarten Boekhold wrote: > Hi, > > I always thought that 'dpkg -l' was supposed to show you all *installed* > packages, but, when I do a: dpkg -l 'ncurses*' on my system, I get: > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-con

uninstalled packages in 'dpkg -l'

1996-05-16 Thread Maarten Boekhold
Hi, I always thought that 'dpkg -l' was supposed to show you all *installed* packages, but, when I do a: dpkg -l 'ncurses*' on my system, I get: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=bDe