distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

[Daniel Carrera]

Matthew R. Dempsky wrote:
>>$ sudo dpkg -l ubuntu-desktop
> 
>     ^^^^
> 
> You don't need to be root to run ``dpkg -l''.

That, I didn't know. Thanks.

>>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.

I see the Desired= and Status= comments, but I can't make sense of them. 
For exxample, it says "Not", "Installed", "Failed-config" and 
"Half-installed". Those are not mutually compatible AFAICS.

Best,
Daniel.
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