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Asked: 2019-09-26 05:50:52 +0800 CST

Where are the actual names of the packages in "apt list --upgradable"?

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It seems to be printing only the versions:

$ apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
dpkg/bionic-updates 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.2]
file-roller/bionic-security 3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1 amd64 [upgradable from: 3.28.0-1ubuntu1]
libdpkg-perl/bionic-updates,bionic-updates 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3 all [upgradable from: 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.2]

Tried using "1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3" or just "ubuntu", to no avail as expected:

$ apt show 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3
N: Unable to locate package 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3
N: Couldn't find any package by glob '1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3'
N: Couldn't find any package by regex '1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3'
N: Unable to locate package 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3
N: Couldn't find any package by glob '1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3'
N: Couldn't find any package by regex '1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3'
E: No packages found
$ apt show ubuntu
N: Unable to locate package ubuntu
N: Unable to locate package ubuntu
E: No packages found

So, where are the actual package names? OS version reads Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    dpkg, file-roller, and libdpkg-perl are the packages that can be upgraded. 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3, 3.28.0-1ubuntu1.1, and 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.3 are the versions to which they can be upgraded, respectively.

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