[Techtalk] Debian dpkg translation, pleeez!

[Carla Schroder]

OK, I've studied the docs and the man pages, and I swear this is still a big 
mystery. Please o gurus, what do these lines mean:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:uppercase=bad)

And what is their relationship to

||/ Name               Version            Description
+++-==================-==================-====
ii  tuxkart            0.2.0-3            A 3D go-kart racing game.

The whole deal:

carla at windbag:~$ dpkg -l tuxkart
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: 
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name               Version            Description
+++-==================-==================-====
ii  tuxkart            0.2.0-3            A 3D go-kart racing game.

Thanks!

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