username:~$ ls -al /var/lib/dpkg/
total 11784
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root    4096 Jan 27 23:53 .
drwxr-xr-x 83 root root    4096 Jan 25 20:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 Jan 27 23:01 alternatives
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      11 Dec 14 20:34 arch
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2808891 Jan 27 23:53 available
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2808891 Jan 27 23:01 available-old
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       8 Jul 22  2014 cmethopt
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    1493 Dec 14 21:57 diversions
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    1379 Dec 14 21:57 diversions-old
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  557056 Jan 27 23:53 info
-rw-r-----  1 root root       0 Jan 27 23:53 lock
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 Mar  7  2014 parts
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     163 Jul 22  2014 statoverride
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2918411 Jan 27 23:53 status
-rw-r-----  1 root root       0 Jan  8 18:11 statuslock
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 2918478 Jan 27 23:01 status-old
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 Jan 27 22:58 triggers
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    4096 Jan 27 23:53 updates