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

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 08 May 2006 11:49:03 +0200
Christoph Bier <christoph.bier at web.de> wrote:

> Chris Neary schrieb am 08.05.2006 11:31:
> 
> > apt-cache search nameoftheprogram
> > or
> > apt-cache show exactnameoftheprogram
> > 
> > There's a way to show the installed version as well, surely. [...]
> 
> dpkg -l <package>
> 
> Shows the state of the package (installed, not installed, configured
> ...), the version, and a short description.

Another useful tool is apt-cache policy

For example:
$ apt-cache policy sylpheed
sylpheed:
  Installed: 2.1.1-1ubuntu0.1
  Candidate: 2.1.1-1ubuntu0.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.1.1-1ubuntu0.1 0
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com breezy-security/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.1.1-1 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com breezy/universe Packages


Peter

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