Why the package description is not complete when executing the dpkg command?

Asked by Ionut Nechita

Why the package description is not complete when executing the dpkg command?

I notice this problem and I don't know how to solve it.

NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.04.5 LTS (Bionic Beaver)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS"
VERSION_ID="18.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=bionic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic

Host 1 with Ubuntu 18.04.5
dpkg -l
ii dh-strip-nondeterminism 0.040-1.1~build1 all file non-deterministic information stripper â
ii gnome-themes-extra:amd64 3.28-1ubuntu1 amd64 Adwaita GTK+ 2 theme â
ii gnome-themes-extra-data 3.28-1ubuntu1 all Adwaita GTK+ 2 theme â
ii libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl 0.040-1.1~build1 all file non-deterministic information stripper â
ii python-lockfile 1:0.12.2-2 all file locking library for Python â
ii python-ubuntutools 0.175~18.04.1 all useful APIs for Ubuntu developer tools â
ii python3-ubuntutools 0.175~18.04.1 all useful APIs for Ubuntu developer tools â

Host 2 with Ubuntu 18.04.5
dpkg -l
ii dh-strip-nondeterminism 0.040-1.1~build1 all file non-deterministic information stripper — Debhelper add-on
ii gnome-themes-extra:amd64 3.28-1ubuntu1 amd64 Adwaita GTK+ 2 theme — engine
ii gnome-themes-extra-data 3.28-1ubuntu1 all Adwaita GTK+ 2 theme — common files
ii libfile-stripnondeterminism-perl 0.040-1.1~build1 all file non-deterministic information stripper — Perl module
ii python-lockfile 1:0.12.2-2 all file locking library for Python — Python 2 library
ii python-ubuntutools 0.175~18.04.1 all useful APIs for Ubuntu developer tools — Python 2 library
ii python3-ubuntutools 0.175~18.04.1 all useful APIs for Ubuntu developer tools — Python 3 library

This character "â" should not appear; do you know what it can be?

Thanks

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#1

I assume that the package description is cut off because it is too long to fit on your screen.

Do both computers have the same screen resolution and terminal size?

What is the output of the commands

tput lines
tput cols

on the two systems? Is it identical or different?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

You can use:

apt-cache show packagename

And you'll get a full description of the package

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Ionut Nechita (ionut-n2001) said :
#3

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.