Re: Check whether an update for a particular package is available without upgrading
Thanks, Brian, that's it! Works for aptitude too!
On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 3:28 PM, <briand@aracnet.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:59:28 -0600
> Keith Christian <keith1christian@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On a Wheezy system, I have used aptitude exclusively for
>> updates/upgrades, etc. Looking for a command line option to use with
>> aptitude to check whether updates are available for a single arbitrary
>> package, e.g. "debian-reference-en" for example.
>
> ~$ apt-get -s install yelp
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> yelp is already the newest version.
> yelp set to manually installed.
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 609 not upgraded.
>
>
> I think that's what you are looking for.
>
> The -s option is "simulate".
>
> Brian
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