How to Install and Uninstall apt-show-versions Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "apt-show-versions" package

This is a short guide on how to install apt-show-versions on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall apt-show-versions on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: apt-show-versions
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 159
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Martin
Architecture: all
Version: 0.22.7
Depends: perl | 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_0.22.7_all.deb
Size: 29554
MD5sum: 496d0b9c01da56baec57f0b2d9833935
SHA1: f820df7fb4f3869700ffe11707a24f4b700eef80
SHA256: 841e1af0ec21bb6e61fd321606ad5d0aee13eab6c669cd0a995940aea5e3539e
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
Homepage: http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-asv/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu