Debian: check the installation status of Upstart

[Evan Huus]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Caleb <enlightened.despot at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> What is the recommended check (in a script) to determine if Upstart is
> installed on Debian? Would a check for the existence of `initctl` be
> sufficient? I've looked through the Cookbook, but haven't found anything
> that seems relevant.

Presumably it would be installed through the package manager, so ask that:

$ dpkg -s upstart | grep Status

Is there a reason you want to ask upstart itself?

Evan