Dnext

Description of each field

As you can see from the first three lines:

First letter -> desired package state (“selection state”):

Second letter -> current package state:

n – means: the package is not installed
i – means: the package is installed (success! 🙂
c – means: config-files (only the config files are installed)
u – means: the package is unpacked (?)
f – means: half-configured (configuration failed for some reason (failed to remove configuration files?))
h – means: half-installed (installation failed for some reason) -> use this script for nice debugging
w – means: triggers-awaited (package is waiting for a trigger from another package)
t – means: triggers-pending (package has been triggered)

Third letter -> error state (you normally shouldn’t see a third letter, but a space, instead):

the combinations:

ii – means: ‘It should be installed and it is installed’ whereas
rc – means: ‘It’s removed/uninstalled but it’s configuration files are still there’