Re: List of packages and version
Augustin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to be a new debian user.
Cool! Welcome to Debian.
> I have been browsing the debian.org site, but I couldn't find anywhere
> where I could find a list of packages + their versions for each Debian
> release (stable, test, unstable).
>
> If I want to find out what version of a certain software ships with what
> version of debian, and whether some other software are packaged or not,
> where do I go?
>
packages.debian.org is one resource. However, you can also use
$apt-cache search texmacs
texmacs - WYSIWYG mathematical text editor using TeX fonts
texmacs-common - WYSIWYG mathematical text editor using TeX fonts
texmacs-extra-fonts - extra fonts for the mathematical text editor TeXmacs
$rmadison texmacs
texmacs | 1:1.0.4-R3-5 | oldstable | source, alpha, arm, hppa, i386,
ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
texmacs | 1:1.0.6-10 | etch-m68k | source, m68k
texmacs | 1:1.0.6-10 | stable | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa,
i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
texmacs | 1:1.0.6-11 | testing | source, alpha, amd64, arm, hppa,
i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc
texmacs | 1:1.0.6-11 | unstable | arm, hurd-i386, ia64, m68k
texmacs | 1:1.0.6.9-3 | unstable | sparc
texmacs | 1:1.0.6.9-4 | unstable | hppa
texmacs | 1:1.0.6.10-1 | unstable | source, alpha, amd64, i386,
mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390
More info can be found at their respective man pages.
hth
raju
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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
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