distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

[Matthew R. Dempsky]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 08:26:53PM +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> $ sudo dpkg -l ubuntu-desktop
    ^^^^

You don't need to be root to run ``dpkg -l''.

> 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
> +++-===============-===============-==============================================
> pn  ubuntu-desktop  <none>          (no description available)
> 
> Not sure what "pn" means.

The p stands for purge, the n stands for not installed.  See the 
Desired= and Status= comments at the top of the output.