Joey Hess <[email protected]> writes:
[...]
> dpkg-query can display the information in whatever form you want. For
> example:
>
> dpkg-query --show --showformat '${Package} ${Version}\n'
>
> (package-version is rarely used in Debian because it's ambiguous;
> is foo-9-1 version 9-1 or foo, or version 1.2 of foo-9?)
Tom H <[email protected]> writes:
[...]
> aptitude search -F '%p %v' xorg
>
> or for all installed packages
>
> aptitude search -F '%p %v' '?installed'
Clive Standbridge <[email protected]> writes:
[...]
>> ,----
>> | aptitude versions xorg
>> | ihA 1:7.6+9 testing 500
>> `----
>>
>> I mean like `pkg-version'
>
> A succinct listing can be had from "wajig snapshot" which outputs
> "package=version":
[...] snipped excellent tips
OH boy, you guys have really filled me in nicely. I bet it would have
been wks or even mnths before I stumbled up on any of that input.
Thanks for the really excellent input one and all.
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