Re: Check whether an update for a particular package is available without upgrading
And using
<<aptitude search '?upgradable'>> (sans the middle 'e')
it works great. Thank you.
Keith
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Andrei POPESCU
<andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Du, 26 oct 14, 14:54:45, Keith Christian wrote:
>> Hi Andrei,
>>
>> Thanks for the extra commands. Unfortunately, some don't work on my
>> Wheezy system, are you using a more recent version of aptitude or
>> apt-get perhaps?
>
> No, just a few typos, sorry.
>
>> Here is some output:
>>
>> aptitude search '?upgradeable'
>> E: Unknown term type: "upgradeable".
>
> Correct: aptitude search '?upgradable'
>
>> apt-get policy debian-reference-en
>> E: Invalid operation policy
>
> That's 'apt-cache' of course, as you found out.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
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