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Originally Posted by Thor_2.0
Well, this is easy, and (welcome to Linux) the better way to manage software. Ubuntu and Debian, eh? Well, use apt-get for that...
Enjoy!!
Thor
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Well, on Debian based distros it would rather be apt-cache. Use the
policy option to get information about available and installed versions and the
show option to get a description of a package.
For example:
Code:
apt-cache show vim
apt-cache policy iceweasel
The apt-cache command is also able to show dependencies, reverse dependencies and so on. For more information on the usage of apt-cache just have a look at