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gavenkoa
Asked: 2018-10-28 04:34:44 +0800 CST

What packages are in Ubuntu but not in Debian?

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Ubuntu uses packages from Debian (it is based on Debian).

I wonder what extra packages or package classes are added to Ubuntu?

I expect to see some proprietary software, some extra office software, some build-in adware...

Let's compare with latest stable releases. But it doesn't hurt if you add some important historical notes too...

I am talking only about official upstream package repositories. No need to talk about PPA.

I am not interested in branding or styling or release cycle or support or whatever discussed at How is Ubuntu different from Debian? difference. Only about the difference in packages and that link doesn't tell anything related they I haven't mentioned in my question.

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2 Answers

  1. You can also use, https://www.distrowatch.com to compare versions of the packages that are available for installation from official repositories.

    For example this link.

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  2. I tried:

    debian# apt list | sed 's=/.*==' | sort >debian.list
ubuntu# apt list | sed 's=/.*==' | sort >ubuntu.list

    and then:

    diff -u debian.list ubuntu.list | cdiff

    under WSL and it was mess... Probably because different flavor of repositories are enabled in both distros...

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