[OOZY] How to know if a program is available in the repository and its version

Mon May 8 09:30:09 UTC 2006

On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 12:18 +0300, OOzy Pal wrote:
> Is there away to check if a program is available in the repository and
> what is its version using konsole.

apt-cache search <package> will search the repositories in
your /etc/apt/source.list (actually, the list should be on your HD).

apt-cache show <package> will show the information about a package,
including the version.

-- 
Julio Biason <julio.biason at gmail.com>
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