On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > Darac Marjal <mailingl...@darac.org.uk> writes: >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 09:45:19AM -0500, Harry Putnam wrote: >>> >>> How can I quickly get version information for packages I have >>> installed. I mean the common kind of notion used throughout linux. >> >> If you want the version information for PACKAGES, try "dpkg -l|grep >> '^i'", though I'm not entirely certain what kind of notation is >> "commonly used throughout linux". > > Good thanks for that tip. That's just what I was looking for. > > I guess one could nitpik what is actually the accepted notation but > maybe I should have said through linux (except debian). > > I think you'll find that `pkg-version' is a very typical notion > when referencing a version for communication... maybe > pkg version > would be high on the list too. > > whereas > > aptitude versions xorg > > => ihA 1:7.6+9 testing 500 > > Is not. You don't even get the pkg name together with the version at > all so copy paste becomes copy edit paste.
aptitude search -F '%p %v' xorg or for all installed packages aptitude search -F '%p %v' '?installed' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sx7papz90twapvybad3rowsq9+obeya++fbq62pavz...@mail.gmail.com
