dpkg-query --show [package-name] prints out uninstalled packages

Asked Jun 19 '14 at 08:08

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I removed mysql from Ubuntu server completely as below

sudo apt-get remove --purge mysql-server mysql-client mysql-common
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo deluser mysql
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
sudo apt-get purge mysql-server-core-5.5
sudo apt-get purge mysql-client-core-5.5

When I run dpkg-query -l there is no mysql package listed. However, when I do dpkg-query --show mysql-server it prints out mysql-server

It must return "There is no package mysql-server installed" but I'm not sure why it shows mysql-server is installed.

asked Jun 19 '14 at 08:08

brsbilgic

It should? It does query information about packages from the database, and even though you purged the package from your system, `dpkg` likely sees no reason to erase the database records as well. I suspect this works as designed. – Felix Frank Jun 19 '14 at 09:04
So how can I erase database records? – brsbilgic Jun 19 '14 at 19:10
Try pruning them from `/var/lib/dpkg/available`. – Felix Frank Jun 19 '14 at 21:46

dpkg-query --show [package-name] prints out uninstalled packages

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