sudo aptitude search program

[Daniel Carrera]

OOzy Pal wrote:
> $ sudo aptitude search program
> 
> I  get about three columns list. The first col contains only letters
> such i, p, v. I know that 'i' is for installed but I am not sure about
> the other letters such as p, v, etc. What do they mean?

p == package is not at all in the system, not a trace.
c == package was deleted but its configuration files remain.
v == virtual package

For example, ubuntu-desktop is a virtual package. It doesn't have any 
sofware, but just a bunch of dependencies like Gnome, Totem, Firefox and 
OpenOffice.

Cheers,
Daniel.
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