About DPKG
ref http://www.cyberciti.biz/howto/question/linux/dpkg-cheat-sheet.php ref http://linuxprograms.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/dpkg-tutorial/ Very thank for Owners of 2 links above. The first column corresponds to the status of a package. How to interpret this status. Status of every package is represented by three characters xxx Let’s explore each of the character signify. First character : The possible value for the first character. The first character signifies the desired state, like we (or some user) is marking the package for installation u: Unknown (an unknown state) i: Install (marked for installation) r: Remove (marked for removal) p: Purge (marked for purging) h: Hold Second Character : The second character signifies the current state, whether it is installed or not. The possible values are n: Not- The package is not installed i: Inst – The package is successfully installed c: Cfg-files – Configuration files are present u: Unpacked- The pac...