apt-get
and apt
have a very useful option --verbose-versions
(or -V
for short) that shows you version numbers in its output. For instance:
$ sudo apt dist-upgrade --verbose-versions
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
firefox (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
firefox-locale-ar (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
firefox-locale-en (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
firefox-locale-es (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
firefox-locale-zh-hans (53.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.17.04.2 => 54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.17.04.1)
How can I enable this option by default?