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To view information about packages and repositories; view the list of commands below.



View Package Info

To see which repository is distributing a package; pick any of the commands listed below; they do similar things:

apt policy <package>

apt-cache <package>


An example would be

apt policy apt-url

apt-cache showpkg apt-url

$ apt policy apt-url

apt-url:
  Installed: 1.0.0-2
  Candidate: 1.0.0-2
  Version table:
*** 1.0.0-2 500
        500 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aetherinox/proteus-apt-repo//main mantic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status



List of Repositories

To see a full list of your registered repositories and info about them:

apt-cache policy 

500 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aetherinox/proteus-apt-repo//main mantic/main amd64 Packages
    release o=Aetherx,a=stable,n=mantic,l=Mantic Minotaur 23.10,c=main,b=amd64
    origin raw.githubusercontent.com



List of Packages by Repository

To view a list of packages being distributed by this repo, pick either of the commands below:

grep ^Package: /var/lib/apt/lists/*proteus*_Packages

grep -h -P -o "^Package: \K.*" /var/lib/apt/lists/*proteus*_Packages | sort -u 

Package: adduser
Package: app-outlet
Package: apt-move
Package: apt-transport-https
Package: apt-url
Package: apt-utils
Package: argon2
Package: clevis
Package: clevis-dracut
Package: clevis-tpm2
Package: clevis-udisks2
Package: dialog