Linux list package versions

Ubuntu/Debian: Show list of available versions of a specific package

I would get a list of versions that are known by the system. But how getting a list of all available versions. I think that isn’t possible using the apt tools because they are restricted to configured repositories. So what is the way to go? Some web-repositories? What is the recommondation for Ubuntu 8.04?

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It displays available versions of a package in a tabular format.

This seems to only show locally available versions of the package. If you want all versions (including remote), this might do it: askubuntu.com/a/449/48214

apt-cache policy myPackage 

If you like to know which package versions are included into some particular Debian/Ubuntu/Backports release, rmadison tool from devscripts package could be the answer. For example:

$ rmadison -u debian,ubuntu,bpo mercurial | cut -d "|" -f 1-3 debian: mercurial | 0.9.1-1+etch1 | etch-m68k mercurial | 0.9.1-1+etch1 | oldstable mercurial | 1.0.1-5.1 | stable mercurial | 1.5.1-2 | testing mercurial | 1.5.2-1 | unstable ubuntu: mercurial | 0.7-8 | dapper/universe mercurial | 0.9.5-3 | hardy/universe mercurial | 1.0.1-5.1~hardy1 | hardy-backports/universe mercurial | 1.1.2-2ubuntu1 | jaunty/universe mercurial | 1.3.1-1 | karmic/universe mercurial | 1.4.3-1 | lucid/universe mercurial | 1.5.2-1 | maverick/universe bpo: mercurial | 1.0.1-5.1~bpo40+1 | etch-backports mercurial | 1.3.1-1~bpo50+2 | lenny-backports 

It will show «official» information, regardless of repositories you have configured on your system.

Please note, that versions between releases are not kept as a part of official repositories. However, you can give a shot to recently launched http://snapshot.debian.org service, which allows to access to old packages based on dates and version numbers uploaded to Debian archive since around 2005.

Similar tool you may be interested in is whohas, which goes far beyond Debian family. It’s able to show versions of available software for other distributions (Arch, openSUSE, Gentoo, FreeBSD and even more — 14 distros at the moment).

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Linux list package versions

NAME

apt-show-versions - Lists available package versions with distribution

DESCRIPTION

apt-show-versions parses the dpkg status file and the APT lists for the installed and available package versions and distribution and shows upgrade options within the specific distribution of the selected package. This is really useful if you have a mixed stable/testing environment and want to list all packages which are from testing and can be upgraded in testing. apt-show-versions uses caching for the status information of installed and available packages. If you run apt-show-versions as root the cache is updated as needed. If you run as non-root uses the newest available information, but can't update the cache. If you run as root with the option -i the cache is initialized or updated only.

SYNOPSIS

apt-show-versions [-h] [[-p] package name] [-a] [-b]

OPTIONS

If you don't give any options the status of all installed packages is printed. -p package, --package=package Print available and installed versions for specified package. You can also specify a package name without the option -p. If -p and a package name are missing, all installed packages are displayed. -r, --regex interpret package from option -p as a regex. -R, --regex-all like --regex, but also show matching packages which are not installed -u, --upgradeable Print only upgradeable packages -a, --allversions Print all available versions of the selected packages -b, --brief Print only package_name/distribution for upgradeable packages -v, --verbose Prints out messages about which package files are parsed. -V, --version Prints out version of apt-show-versions -i, --initialize Initialize or update package cache only (as root). Do this every time when the status of the installed or available packages has changed. Initialization is done automatically on installation of the package and via a cron.daily job. -stf file, --status-file=file Use file as the dpkg status file instead of /var/lib/dpkg/status -ld directory, --list-dir=directory Use directory as path to apt's list files instead of /var/state/apt/lists/ or /var/lib/apt/lists/ -h, --help Prints out command-line help.

EXIT CODES

0 No error 1 Wrong usage 2 apt-show-versions has been called with exactly one package and upgradeable option set, but package is uptodate. As no output has been requested, this case gets signaled using the exit code. 255 Unspecified error

EXAMPLES

If you want to know for all your installed packages whether they are uptodate or upgradeable, use: apt-show-versions If you want to have a list of all upgradeable packages: apt-show-versions -u To get a list of all available versions of libc6: apt-show-versions -a -p libc6 To get information about several packages: apt-show-versions dpkg apt apt-show-versions -r ^texlive To upgrade all packages in testing: apt-get install `apt-show-versions -u -b | grep testing`

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© 2019 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.

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Linux list package versions

NAME

apt-show-versions - Lists available package versions with distribution

DESCRIPTION

apt-show-versions parses the dpkg status file and the APT lists for the installed and available package versions and distribution and shows upgrade options within the specific distribution of the selected package. This is really useful if you have a mixed stable/testing environment and want to list all packages which are from testing and can be upgraded in testing. apt-show-versions uses caching for the status information of installed and available packages. If you run apt-show-versions as root the cache is updated as needed. If you run as non-root uses the newest available information, but can't update the cache. If you run as root with the option -i the cache is initialized or updated only.

SYNOPSIS

apt-show-versions [-h] [[-p] package name] [-a] [-b]

OPTIONS

If you don't give any options the status of all installed packages is printed. -p package, --package=package Print available and installed versions for specified package. You can also specify a package name without the option -p. If -p and a package name are missing, all installed packages are displayed. -r, --regex interpret package from option -p as a regex. -R, --regex-all like --regex, but also show matching packages which are not installed -u, --upgradeable Print only upgradeable packages -a, --allversions Print all available versions of the selected packages -b, --brief Print only package_name/distribution for upgradeable packages -v, --verbose Prints out messages about which Package files are parsed. -i, --initialize Initialize or update package cache only (as root). Do this every time when the status of the installed or available packages has changed. Initialization is done automatically on installation of the package and via a cron.daily job. -stf file, --status-file=file Use file as the dpkg status file instead of /var/lib/dpkg/status -ld directory, --list-dir=directory Use directory as path to apt's list files instead of /var/state/apt/lists/ or /var/lib/apt/lists/ -h, --help Prints out command-line help.

EXIT CODES

0 No error 1 Wrong usage 2 apt-show-versions has been called with exactly one package and upgradeable option set, but package is uptodate. As no output has been requested, this case gets signaled using the exit code. 255 Unspecified error

EXAMPLES

If you want to know for all your installed packages whether they are uptodate or upgradeable, use: apt-show-versions If you want to have a list of all upgradeable packages: apt-show-versions -u To get a list of all available versions of libc6: apt-show-versions -a -p libc6 To get information about several packages: apt-show-versions dpkg apt apt-show-versions -r ^texlive To upgrade all packages in testing: apt-get install `apt-show-versions -u -b | fgrep testing`

AUTHOR

SEE ALSO

© 2019 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.

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Linux list package versions

NAME

apt-show-versions - Lists available package versions with distribution

DESCRIPTION

apt-show-versions parses the dpkg status file and the APT lists for the installed and available package versions and distribution and shows upgrade options within the specific distribution of the selected package. This is really useful if you have a mixed stable/testing environment and want to list all packages which are from testing and can be upgraded in testing. apt-show-versions uses caching for the status information of installed and available packages. If you run apt-show-versions as root the cache is updated as needed. If you run as non-root uses the newest available information, but can't update the cache. If you run as root with the option -i the cache is initialized or updated only.

SYNOPSIS

apt-show-versions [-h] [[-p] package name] [-a] [-b]

OPTIONS

If you don't give any options the status of all installed packages is printed. -p package, --package=package Print available and installed versions for specified package. You can also specify a package name without the option -p. If -p and a package name are missing, all installed packages are displayed. -r, --regex interpret package from option -p as a regex. -R, --regex-all like --regex, but also show matching packages which are not installed -u, --upgradeable Print only upgradeable packages -a, --allversions Print all available versions of the selected packages -b, --brief Print only package_name/distribution for upgradeable packages -v, --verbose Prints out messages about which package files are parsed. -V, --version Prints out version of apt-show-versions -i, --initialize Initialize or update package cache only (as root). Do this every time when the status of the installed or available packages has changed. Initialization is done automatically on installation of the package and via a cron.daily job. -stf file, --status-file=file Use file as the dpkg status file instead of /var/lib/dpkg/status -ld directory, --list-dir=directory Use directory as path to apt's list files instead of /var/state/apt/lists/ or /var/lib/apt/lists/ -h, --help Prints out command-line help.

EXIT CODES

0 No error 1 Wrong usage 2 apt-show-versions has been called with exactly one package and upgradeable option set, but package is uptodate. As no output has been requested, this case gets signaled using the exit code. 255 Unspecified error

EXAMPLES

If you want to know for all your installed packages whether they are uptodate or upgradeable, use: apt-show-versions If you want to have a list of all upgradeable packages: apt-show-versions -u To get a list of all available versions of libc6: apt-show-versions -a -p libc6 To get information about several packages: apt-show-versions dpkg apt apt-show-versions -r ^texlive To upgrade all packages in testing: apt-get install `apt-show-versions -u -b | grep testing`

AUTHOR

SEE ALSO

© 2019 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.

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