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(add note about dpkg -l header, and respond to pete)
 
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and something about "pinning"
 
and something about "pinning"
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explain dpkg -l header:
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Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
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| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
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|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
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||/ Name                          Version                      Description
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un  hello                        <none>                        (no description available)
  
 
===pete question:===
 
===pete question:===
  
 
syntax of, for example:
 
syntax of, for example:
 
 
  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
 
  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
  
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  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main
 
  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main
 
  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates restricted
 
  deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates restricted
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yes. these are actually equivalent. --[[User:Vagrant|Vagrant]]

Latest revision as of 16:47, 7 April 2006

dependency, recommends --VAGRANT ADD SOMETHING

and something about "pinning"

explain dpkg -l header:

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
+++-=============================-=============================-================
un  hello                         <none>                        (no description available)

pete question:

syntax of, for example:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted

versus:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates restricted

yes. these are actually equivalent. --Vagrant