Package: apt Status: install ok installed Priority: important Section: admin Installed-Size: 5456 Maintainer: APT Development Team Architecture: i386 Version: 0.7.25.3 Replaces: libapt-pkg-dev (<< 0.3.7), libapt-pkg-doc (<< 0.3.7) Provides: libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 Description: Advanced front-end for dpkg This is Debian's next generation front-end for the dpkg package manager. It provides the apt-get utility and APT dselect method that provides a simpler, safer way to install and upgrade packages. . APT features complete installation ordering, multiple source capability and several other unique features, see the Users Guide in apt-doc. Package: postfix Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: mail Installed-Size: 3488 Maintainer: LaMont Jones Architecture: i386 Version: 2.7.0-1 Replaces: mail-transport-agent, postfix-tls Provides: default-mta, mail-transport-agent, postfix-tls Recommends: python Conflicts: libnss-db (<< 2.2-3), mail-transport-agent, postfix-tls, smail Description: High-performance mail transport agent Postfix is Wietse Venema's mail transport agent that started life as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users. Thus, the outside has a sendmail-ish flavor, but the inside is completely different. Package: debconf Status: install ok installed Priority: important Section: admin Installed-Size: 924 Maintainer: Debconf Developers Architecture: all Version: 1.5.28 Replaces: debconf-tiny Provides: debconf-2.0 Recommends: apt-utils (>= 0.5.1) Conflicts: apt (<< 0.3.12.1), cdebconf (<< 0.96), debconf-tiny, debconf-utils (<< 1.3.22), dialog (<< 0.9b-20020814-1), menu (<= 2.1.3-1), whiptail (<< 0.51.4-11), whiptail-utf8 (<= 0.50.17-13) Description: Debian configuration management system Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. Packages use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed. Python-Version: 2.6, 3.1 Package: testdep-same Status: install ok installed Source: testdep Version: 1.0-1 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Francois Gouget Installed-Size: 25 Provides: testdep-virtual-same Section: unknown Priority: extra Multi-Arch: same Description: Multi-arch = same package, no dependency This is a multiarch package that can only satisfy dependencies for the same architecture. But multiple instances of this package can be co-installed, one for each architecture. . Library and development packages typically fall into this category. Package: testdep-allowed Status: install ok installed Source: testdep Version: 1.0-1 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Francois Gouget Installed-Size: 25 Provides: testdep-virtual-allowed Section: unknown Priority: extra Multi-Arch: allowed Description: Multi-arch = allowed package, no dependency This is a multiarch package. By default it can only satisfy dependencies for packages of the same architecture but that can be changed with ':any' dependencies. . It can only be installed for one architecture at a time. Trying to install the same package for another architecture will remove the first one. . Packages providing tools or shells typically fall into this category.