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I'm running apt-get upgrade and see list of available packages which could be upgraded. Some of them without any version, how can I figure out what package version apt want to install here?

For example I see the next picture: 

 base-files .. redmine redmine-mysql redmine-sqlite ...

How to know what to what version redmine will be upgraded ? And from what repository apt going to take it?

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To see the versions of a package you could use:

apt-cache show redmine | grep -i version

Output is:

Version: 1.3.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1

To see the versions and the repository you could use:

apt-cache policy redmine

Output is:

redmine:
  Installiert: (keine)
  Kandidat:    1.3.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
  Versionstabelle:
     1.3.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages

See: WebUpd8 - How To Find Out To Which PPA Repository A Package Belongs To

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  • # apt-cache policy redmine redmine: Installed: 2.2.2+dfsg1-1~precise+1 Candidate: 2.2.3+dfsg1-1~precise+1 Version table: 2.2.3+dfsg1-1~precise+1 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/redmine/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages *** 2.2.2+dfsg1-1~precise+1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.3.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages What stars means ? and numbers like 500 and 100 what they means ?
    – user1016265
    Feb 19, 2013 at 2:17
  • The priority of each version/location is the number at the left of it. In this case, 500 and 100. If I understand this correct, the *** marks the package as "Candidate for upgrading".
    – BuZZ-dEE
    Feb 19, 2013 at 12:56
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You can use aptitude for this instead of apt.

sudo apt-get install aptitude
aptitude show redmine
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