Package and Selection States
The possible states that a package can be in are:
- config-files
Only the configuration files for the package are present on the system.
- half-configured
The package is unpacked, and configuration was started but not completed.
- half-installed
Installation was started but not completed.
- installed
The package is unpacked and configured.
- not-installed
The package is not installed.
- unpacked
The package is unpacked but not configured.
The possible package selection states are:
- deinstall
The package has been selected for deinstallation (i.e., for removal of everything but the configuration files).
- install
The package has been selected for installation.
- purge
The package has been selected to be purged (i.e., for removal of everything including the configuration files).
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