Incosistent detection of installed packages

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reviewing issue #89 and tracing kup's installed-package detection and installation flow. Define how an installation receipt is stored and consulted before current-state detection; done means previously installed packages are recognized reliably while the existing detection remains a fallback.

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Description

enhancement

Inconsistent detection of installed packages is leading to various issues like #89 (segfault cause by k already being present in the nix profile, but kup not detecting this). We should store a receipt of any installed package and only fallback on current detection if not found. this way we should be able to catch most issues of this sort.

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