All of the packages that are not completely or correctly configured are listed by this option. Most often the correct solution is to run dpkg --configure <package> to complete the installation. Executing the command:
dpkg -C
will create a listing something like:
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
svgalib1-bin SVGA display utilities
ncftp A user-friendly and full-featured FTP client.
statserial statserial - displays serial port modem status lines
ftape QIC-117 (Floppy-tape) driver, in source code form.
j1 J is a dialect of APL freely available on a wide variety
tk40-dev The Tk toolkit for TCL and X11 - Development Package.
expect The expect/expectk programs and libraries.
tclX Extended Tcl (TclX).
acct The GNU accounting utilities.
The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect:
xdevel XFree86 3.1.2 developer's toolkit