[OOZY] How to know if a program is available in the repository and its version

[Christoph Bier]

Chris Neary schrieb am 08.05.2006 11:31:

> apt-cache search nameoftheprogram
> or
> apt-cache show exactnameoftheprogram
> 
> There's a way to show the installed version as well, surely. [...]

dpkg -l <package>

Shows the state of the package (installed, not installed, configured
...), the version, and a short description.

Best,
  Christoph
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