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Flimm
Asked: 2017-06-25 08:28:37 +0800 CST

How can I enable --verbose-versions for apt-get and apt by default?

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apt-get and apt have a very useful option --verbose-versions (or -V for short) that shows you version numbers in its output. For instance:

$ sudo apt dist-upgrade --verbose-versions
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
   firefox (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
   firefox-locale-ar (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
   firefox-locale-en (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
   firefox-locale-es (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
   firefox-locale-zh-hans (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)

How can I enable this option by default?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Put ...

    APT::Get::Show-Versions "true";

    in /etc/apt/apt.conf. That file probably does not exist yet.

    Man page shows that as the "configuration option".

    /etc/apt/apt.conf

    APT configuration file. Configuration Item: Dir::Etc::Main.

    You probably can also use ...

    /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/

    APT configuration file fragments. Configuration Item: Dir::Etc::Parts.

    and create a "file fragment" for this option.

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