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Re: how can I see version changes using aptitude?

From: Matt Baker <m(at)wheres.co.uk>
Date: Tue Dec 18 2007 - 10:21:53 EST


Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 09:36:27PM +0300, Giorgos Pallas wrote:

>> Kelly Clowers wrote:
>>> On 10/13/07, Giorgos Pallas  wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Hello to everybody!
>>>>
>>>> When I was using synaptic, I remember that it showed the version changes
>>>> for every packet that was to be upgraded.
>>>>
>>>> Where exactly is this information hidden? How can I see it using
>>>> aptitude, or maybe another command-line tool? I searched the internet
>>>> but I can't seem to find something...
>>>>     
>>> Do you want to see the current version number of the packages and the
>>> new version number? You can see that by using aptitude in interactive
>>> mode (invoke "aptitude" instead of "aptitude upgrade").
>>>
>>> If you mean you want to see what changes have been made to the
>>> packages, check out apt-listchanges.
>> OK, apt-listchanges was the answer. Thanks!

>
> FYI: You should also consider apt-listbugs
>
> Why install very buggy package either in command line or interactive
> mode:-)
>
> Osamu
>
>

I like:

aptitude dist-upgrade -DV

That'll show you the version numbers of the packages installed and the ones replacing them.

Matt

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