Re: check if a newer version of a package is available

[kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 3:25 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi
<raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Alternatively there is apt-show-versions.
>>
>>   $ apt-show-versions xterm
>>   xterm:amd64/testing 312-1 uptodate
>>
>> If there were a newer version available it would show "upgradeable 312-1"
>> or some such newer version number instead of "uptodate".
>>
>
> This works for me. I can use the backticks `` to execute a command and
> grep on the output.
>

apt-show-versions turned out to be perfect indeed. My end goal here
was to get a list of uptodate, upgradeable packages based on a
keyword. Turns out "apt-show-versions -r keyword" does just that. For
example,

% apt-show-versions -r mouse
kmousetool:amd64/jessie 4:4.12.2-1 uptodate
mousetweaks:amd64/jessie 3.12.0-1 uptodate
xserver-xorg-input-mouse:amd64/jessie 1:1.9.0-1+b3 upgradeable to 1:1.9.1-1
xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse:amd64/jessie 1:13.0.0-1+b3 uptodate

which searched all the installed package names for keyword mouse and
listed their upgradeable status.

thanks
raju
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