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

Dotan Cohen dotancohen at gmail.com
Sat Nov 1 19:24:21 UTC 2008


2008/11/1 H.S. <hs.samix at gmail.com>:
> There is. Just do 'man apt-get' and search for "-V" (press '/' and type -V).
>
> It is in aptitude's man page as well.
>

Wow, just wow. I was reading man apt. Opening man apt-get _does_
mention -V, and what's even worse, is that I had already read that
manpage once! I simply forgot that it existed. Sorry for the noise.

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