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Method 1: Using apt command The apt command has an option list that you can use to check a version of the package installed on an Ubuntu or Debian system. To see all versions of the package available on the repository, pass the -a option. This includes all others packages available on the repository for installation.
By typing “lsb_release -a”, you can get information about your current Debian version as well as all other base versions in your distribution. By typing “lsb_release -d”, you can get an overview of all system information, including your Debian version.
The dpkg-query command can be used to show if a specific package is installed in your system. To do it, run dpkg-query followed by the -l flag and the name of the package you want information about.
OK, I found it.
apt-cache policy <package name> will show the version details.
It also shows which version is currently installed and which versions are available to install.
For example, apt-cache policy hylafax+
apt-cache policy <package-name>
$ apt-cache policy redis-server
redis-server:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2:2.8.4-2
Version table:
2:2.8.4-2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
apt-get install -s <package-name>
$ apt-get install -s redis-server
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libjemalloc1 redis-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libjemalloc1 redis-server redis-tools
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Inst libjemalloc1 (3.5.1-2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Inst redis-tools (2:2.8.4-2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Inst redis-server (2:2.8.4-2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Conf libjemalloc1 (3.5.1-2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Conf redis-tools (2:2.8.4-2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Conf redis-server (2:2.8.4-2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64])
apt-cache show <package-name>
$ apt-cache show redis-server
Package: redis-server
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 744
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]>
Original-Maintainer: Chris Lamb <[email protected]>
Architecture: amd64
Source: redis
Version: 2:2.8.4-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libjemalloc1 (>= 2.1.1), redis-tools (= 2:2.8.4-2), adduser
Filename: pool/universe/r/redis/redis-server_2.8.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 267446
MD5sum: 066f3ce93331b876b691df69d11b7e36
SHA1: f7ffbf228cc10aa6ff23ecc16f8c744928d7782e
SHA256: 2d273574f134dc0d8d10d41b5eab54114dfcf8b716bad4e6d04ad8452fe1627d
Description-en: Persistent key-value database with network interface
Redis is a key-value database in a similar vein to memcache but the dataset
is non-volatile. Redis additionally provides native support for atomically
manipulating and querying data structures such as lists and sets.
.
The dataset is stored entirely in memory and periodically flushed to disk.
Description-md5: 9160ed1405585ab844f8750a9305d33f
Homepage: http://redis.io/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubunt
dpkg -l <package-name>
$ dpkg -l nginx
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-========================================-=========================-=========================-=====================================================================================
ii nginx 1.6.2-1~trusty amd64 high performance web server
apt policy <package>
for short
Linux Mint, Debian 9, Ubuntu 16.04 and older:
Short info:
apt policy <package_name>
Detailed info (With Description and Depends):
apt show <package_name>
The following might work well enough:
aptitude versions ^hylafax+
See more in aptitude(8)
on debian :
apt list --upgradable
gives the list with package, version to be upgraded, and actual version of the package.
result :
base-files/stable 8+deb8u8 amd64 [upgradable from: 8+deb8u7]
bind9-host/stable 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u11 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u9]
ca-certificates/stable 20141019+deb8u3 all [upgradable from: 20141019+deb8u2]
certbot/jessie-backports 0.10.2-1~bpo8+1 all [upgradable from: 0.8.1-2~bpo8+1]
dnsutils/stable 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u11 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u9]
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