Re: newbie package question

[Tong <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>]

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:44:27 +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 01:28:11PM -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote:
>> How can I find out what version of a package I have currently installed (e.g., glibc)?

Yeah, I wanted to know that too.

> dpkg -l|grep libc

This is a solution, but not perfect, 'cause sometimes the package name
gets truncated, e.g.:

ii  libcupsys2-gnu 1.1.20final+rc Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs
ii  liblocale-gett 1.01-17        Using libc functions for internationalizatio
[...]

I vaguely remember that apt-get has the ability to report version
numbers by reading its man page, but I can be quite wrong...