How to Install and Uninstall apt-show-versions Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "apt-show-versions" package

Learn how to install apt-show-versions on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall apt-show-versions on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: apt-show-versions
Architecture: all
Version: 0.22.12
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Martin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 92
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_0.22.12_all.deb
Size: 28936
MD5sum: 3a921b1e97165d0e439ef5e8e42a982e
SHA1: eb3d308d049d0e458e26865ecafca177df741595
SHA256: 2251f841ab38b2281c40676ec3e6f8a54910a20c6de888151c7be0bbae982616
SHA512: 2207352c90badd81eb68280f182494c8907325358b7daaa881757f520a0b62e3c48f33a51e948e3809f99e7b3d9eb5278355b1546299c9ea7bbc5854a8b13290
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