Apt-get: how to know what version will be installed?

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Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Before installing an application with apt-get, I would like to check
> which version will be installed. How does one do that?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 

I use aptitude and "-V" tells me the version numbers of the packages to
be upgraded. Apt-get should give the same behaviour with "-V".

Example:
$> sudo aptitude -V safe-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Reading task descriptions... Done
Resolving dependencies...
The following packages have been kept back:
  cpp-3.4  gcc-3.4-base
The following packages will be upgraded:
  acpid [1.0.6-13 -> 1.0.6-15]  bind9-host [1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1 ->
1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-4]  cpp-4.2 [4.2.4-3 -> 4.2.4-4]
  dnsutils [1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1 -> 1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-4]  g++-4.2 [4.2.4-3 ->
4.2.4-4]  gcc-4.2 [4.2.4-3 -> 4.2.4-4]  gcc-4.2-base [4.2.4-3 -> 4.2.4-4]
  gcj-4.2-base [4.2.4-3.1 -> 4.2.4-4]  gij-4.2 [4.2.4-3.1 -> 4.2.4-4]
libbind9-40 [1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1 -> 1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-4]
  libdns43 [1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1 -> 1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-4]  libgcj8-1
[4.2.4-3.1 -> 4.2.4-4]  libgcj8-1-awt [4.2.4-3.1 -> 4.2.4-4]
  libgcj8-jar [4.2.4-3.1 -> 4.2.4-4]  libgnomeprintui2.2-0 [2.18.2-1 ->
2.18.3-1]  libgnomeprintui2.2-common [2.18.2-1 -> 2.18.3-1]
  libisc44 [1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1 -> 1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-4]  libisccc40
[1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1 -> 1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-4]  libisccfg40 [1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1
-> 1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-4]
  liblwres40 [1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-1 -> 1:9.5.0.dfsg.P2-4]  libsoup2.4-1
[2.4.1-1 -> 2.4.1-2]  libsplashy1 [0.3.10-2 -> 0.3.10-2.1]
  libstdc++6-4.2-dev [4.2.4-3 -> 4.2.4-4]  zenity [2.22.1-1 -> 2.22.1-2]
24 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 31.4MB of archives. After unpacking 53.2kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]


Regards.
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