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fl00r
Asked: 2011-05-07 02:47:00 +0800 CST

How to know which versions of application I can install via apt

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I try to use

apt-cache search gedit

But there is no information about version.

I am trying to install gedit 2.30.4 (by default it is 3.x on Gnome 3). But there is no gedit with this version.

sudo apt-get install gedit=2.30.4
#=> Error

So how can I figure out which versions are in repo?

11.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The policy command of apt-cache displays the current installed and available versions.

    apt-cache policy gedit
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