distributions: UBUNTU vs DEBIAN

Daniel Carrera daniel.carrera at zmsl.com
Thu Apr 20 21:31:10 UTC 2006


Antony Gelberg wrote:
> The p is Desired=Purge.  The n is Status=Not installed.  man dpkg 
> explains.  You should get into the habit of typing man <command> if you 
> aren't sure what any command does.  In this case there is a section 
> headed "INFORMATION ABOUT PACKAGES".

Don't be a jerk Antony. Btw, the section "INFORMATION ABOUT PACKAGES" 
does not say that p is "Desired=Purge" or that n is "Status=Not 
installed". Instead it explains what "purge", "install", etc mean which 
I already knew and has nothing to do with the question at hand.

Best,
Daniel.
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