How can I check the version of the available package in the Ubuntu repositories without installing it?
Use the command:
apt-cache policy <packageName>
This gives you information of all available package versions.
Example:
alaa@aa-lu:~$ apt-cache policy vlc
vlc:
Installed: 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
Candidate: 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
Version table:
*** 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 0
500 http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates/universe i386 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security/universe i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.0.6-1 0
500 http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe i386 Packages
From the output, you can see that there are two versions available: 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 and 2.0.6-1. It also tells you which repositories they are coming from.
Installed: tells you the version you have installed. If you don't have the package installed, you'll see (none).
Candidate: is the version that will be installed if you use apt-get install vlc. If you want to install the other version, you would do apt-get install vlc=2.0.6-1.
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