How to see the Current State of package (Ubuntu)?

Two commands can be used to see the current state of a package. dpkg dpkg-query Let’s assume that the package vim is currently installed. Current state of a package Using dpkg dpkg –list can be used to know the status of a package. $ dpkg –list vim Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ [...]

Tags: Dpkg, dpkg ii, dpkg list, dpkg rc, dpkg-query, Ubuntu, ubuntu package, ubuntu package current status