[R-sig-Debian] [FORGED] r-base is already the newest version (3.5.2-1bionic)

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

Rolf,

Briefly as I don't have sufficient time to catch up on all these wordy emails...

On 30 January 2019 at 15:18, Rolf Turner wrote:
| On 1/30/19 2:03 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| > | Now *that* was a revealing suggestion!  I did that and got:
| > |
| > | > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| > | > | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
| > | > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
| > | > ||/ Name             Version       Architecture  Description
| > | > +++-================-=============-=============-======================================
| > | > ii  r-base-core      3.5.2-1bionic amd64         GNU R core of statistical computation
| > |
| > | So indeed the installation had not actually been done.
| > 
| > Why do you say that?  That is the __normal__ display after a successful installation.
| 
| I interpreted the "Status=Not/Inst ...." to mean that the package was 
| not installed.  Which is consistent with what was actually the case.

Simply false. Do 'dpkg -l | less' or 'dpkg -l somewildcardhere | less' and
try to become more familiar with the output. There *is* legend printed there.

What matters most: The first two columns are 'ii'.  That is as official to
"you're good" as you'll ever get.

Again, I would consider familiarising myself with some Debian/Ubuntu/Mate/...
tutorials.  It's not unlike becoming familiar with S/R terminology. It will
pay back. With dividends.

Dirk

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