Apt-get: how to check version number before installation?

[Dotan Cohen]

Sometimes I want to be sure that I'm installing a minimum version
number of an application before I apt-get install it. How can I check
what version of a particular program apt-get will install, before I
install it. Fedora's Yum shows version number and asks for
confirmation before any installation, is it possible to replicate this
behaviour in apt-get?

Dotan Cohen

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