How to Install and Uninstall apt-show-versions Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "apt-show-versions" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install apt-show-versions on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                apt-show-versions
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "apt-show-versions" package

Learn how to uninstall apt-show-versions on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apt-show-versions
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apt-show-versions package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: apt-show-versions
Architecture: all
Version: 0.22.11
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Martin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 91
Depends: perl:any | perl-5.005 | perl-5.004, apt, libapt-pkg-perl (>= 0.1.21), libstorable-perl
Filename: pool/universe/a/apt-show-versions/apt-show-versions_0.22.11_all.deb
Size: 28800
MD5sum: fc8d27e9401b6d5cf80bb7722a3a60b7
SHA1: a14907da556abf84f71d17bc66e7e42340c26498
SHA256: 53cd5bb0937ebe54632a043953ffa08540d8517c33c409f5f5b676c782589f32
SHA512: 76aedc0bec5c8811e4d1bb972e8a1a20aa290255c03210f68527777923ccbf1ed4700ad262079df8b2d5e1ed8c86c1f3a3ef5544dee1bc93e9e587dee9dbbafe
Homepage: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-asv/
Description-en: lists available package versions with distribution
apt-show-versions parses the dpkg status file and the APT lists for
the installed and available package versions and distribution and
shows upgrade options within the specific distribution of the selected
package.
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This is really useful if you have a mixed stable/testing environment
and want to list all packages which are from testing and can be
upgraded in testing.
Description-md5: f3e90eaeb26db6c7571b38a0b4ce5b90