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> [What do each of the details in dpkg -l mean?](https://superuser.com/questions/413729/what-do-each-of-the-details-in-dpkg-l-mean) 
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I have never paid attention to the output produced by the command `dpkg -l` and noticed it includes descriptors which I can't seem to locate detailed information for in the `man` pages nor online. The only resource I have come across is <http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Ubuntu/2006-06/msg02943.html>

So when I run the command `dpkg -l` it produces the following output (excerpt)

```
rc  vorbis-tools   1.4.0-1ubuntu1 several Ogg Vorbis tools
ii  w32codecs      1:20110131-0.1 win32 binary codecs
ii  wamerican      6-3            American English dictionary words for /usr/s
ii  wbritish       6-3            British English dictionary words for /usr/sh

```

I know that `ii` refers to installed but what does `rc` refer to and what does it mean? What other descriptors are there and what do they mean?