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Weird output when running "dpkg -l linux-image" (12.04 LTS)

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When I run "$ dpkg -l linux-image" I get:

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        Description

+++-==============-==============-============================================

un  linux-image    <none>         (no description available)

What does it mean? I've been paranoid that my Ubuntu install thinks it's up to date when it's not, due to flaky WiFi connection at work when I was installing it...

But can anyone explain to me what the output of that command means? I wanna be able to troubleshoot things like this (assuming it is an actual problem) in the future.

Thanks in advance.

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answered 2 Years ago warrdel · Accepted Answer

There's nothing wrong with the output you see. As I mentioned in my comment, when I ran that command, I saw the same thing.

If you look elsewhere on the 'net using "dpkg -l linux-image" in a Google Search, you may find this question: Blocking kernel updates with dpkg. Then look at this answer there.

You'll see that the top five lines are exactly what you saw. The actual data depends on what you include after dpkg -l. By putting linux-image exactly, nothing was found for you or for me but if you try linux-image*, you'll get a more reassuring picture.

un  linux-image                        <none>                                        (no description available)

un  linux-image-3.0                    <none>                                        (no description available)

rc  linux-image-3.5.0-15-generic       3.5.0-15.23            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

rc  linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic       3.5.0-17.28            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

ii  linux-image-3.5.0-18-generic       3.5.0-18.29            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

ii  linux-image-3.5.0-19-generic       3.5.0-19.30            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

ii  linux-image-3.5.0-21-generic       3.5.0-21.32            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

ii  linux-image-3.5.0-22-generic       3.5.0-22.34            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

ii  linux-image-3.5.0-23-generic       3.5.0-23.35            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

rc  linux-image-extra-3.5.0-15-generic 3.5.0-15.23            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

rc  linux-image-extra-3.5.0-17-generic 3.5.0-17.28            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

rc  linux-image-extra-3.5.0-18-generic 3.5.0-18.29            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

rc  linux-image-extra-3.5.0-19-generic 3.5.0-19.30            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

ii  linux-image-extra-3.5.0-21-generic 3.5.0-21.32            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

ii  linux-image-extra-3.5.0-22-generic 3.5.0-22.34            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

ii  linux-image-extra-3.5.0-23-generic 3.5.0-23.35            i386                   Linux kernel image for version 3.5.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP

ii  linux-image-generic                3.5.0.23.29            i386                   Generic Linux kernel image

[10:21 PM] ~ $

Where un most like can be ignored and where ii means installed.