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

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On 5/8/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 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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NICE NICE NICE.

Thank you all. Really nice stuff.
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