I have installed some packages but they obviously don't work on my system.
Can anyone explain what A
beside i
means?
i A libstrongswan - strongSwan utility and crypto library
p libstrongswan:i386 - strongSwan utility and crypto library
p libstrongswan-extra-plugins - strongSwan utility and crypto library (extra pl
p libstrongswan-extra-plugins:i386 - strongSwan utility and crypto library (extra pl
i A libstrongswan-standard-plugins - strongSwan utility and crypto library (standard
p libstrongswan-standard-plugins:i386 - strongSwan utility and crypto library (standard
p network-manager-strongswan - Grundgerüst zur Netzwerkverwaltung – strongSwan
p network-manager-strongswan:i386 - Grundgerüst zur Netzwerkverwaltung – strongSwan
i strongswan - IPsec VPN solution metapackage
i A strongswan-charon - strongSwan Internet Key Exchange daemon
p strongswan-charon:i386 - strongSwan Internet Key Exchange daemon
p strongswan-dbg - strongSwan library and binaries - debugging sym
p strongswan-dbg:i386 - strongSwan library and binaries - debugging sym
p strongswan-ike - strongSwan Internet Key Exchange daemon (transi
p strongswan-ikev1 - strongSwan IKEv1 daemon, transitional package
p strongswan-ikev2 - strongSwan IKEv2 daemon, transitional package
i A strongswan-libcharon - strongSwan charon library
Best Answer
The first character of each line indicates the current state of the package.
i
means the package is installed, andp
means that no trace of the package exists on the system. The second character indicates the stored action (if any, otherwise a blank space is displayed) to be performed on the package. If the third character isA
, the package was automatically installed.From the results of
man aptitude
: