On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:59:28 -0600 Keith Christian <[email protected]> wrote:
> On a Wheezy system, I have used aptitude exclusively for > updates/upgrades, etc. Looking for a command line option to use with > aptitude to check whether updates are available for a single arbitrary > package, e.g. "debian-reference-en" for example. ~$ apt-get -s install yelp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done yelp is already the newest version. yelp set to manually installed. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 609 not upgraded. I think that's what you are looking for. The -s option is "simulate". Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
