miguel@Hermes:~$ dpkg -l mysql\*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un  mysql          <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-client   <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-client-4 <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-client-5 <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-client-5 <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-client-5 <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-client-c <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-client-c <none>         (no description available)
rc  mysql-common   5.5.24-0ubuntu MySQL database common files, e.g. /etc/mysql
un  mysql-common-4 <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-common-5 <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-common-5 <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-server   <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-server-4 <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-server-5 <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-server-5 <none>         (no description available)
iHR mysql-server-5 5.5.24-0ubuntu (no description available)
un  mysql-server-c <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-server-c <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-server-c <none>         (no description available)
un  mysql-server-c <none>         (no description available)
miguel@Hermes:~$