Is there a way I can see all the versions that are in the archives that I have configured in sources.list. I can see the last version of each archive withapt-get policy, but how can I see them all?
Is there any way that this can also include PPA and anything in sources.list.d?
As far as I understand your requirements, the madison option for apt-cache does what you want:
madison /[ pkg(s) ]
apt-cache's madison command attempts to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian archive management tool, madison. It displays available versions of a package in a tabular format. Unlike the original madison, it can only display information for the architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists (APT::Architecture).
On my computer:
$ apt-cache madison f-spot
f-spot | 0.7.2-1~ppa~lucid0 | http://ppa.launchpad.net/f-spot/f-spot-ppa/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
f-spot | 0.6.1.5-2ubuntu7 | http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
f-spot | 0.6.1.5-2ubuntu6 | http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
f-spot | 0.6.1.5-2ubuntu6 | http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Sources
f-spot | 0.6.1.5-2ubuntu7 | http://ro.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Sources
I hope this is what you need. It also includes the ppas.
The command
apt list -a <package name>
is the equivalent of madison.
The rmadison program from the devscripts package will remotely query the Ubuntu archive and give you the status of a package in all supported releases, not only those you have locally insatlled. This is slightly more than what you want, but should get the job done easily.
Example:
lfaraone@stone:~$ rmadison sudo
sudo | 1.6.8p12-1ubuntu6 | dapper | source, amd64, i386, powerpc
sudo | 1.6.8p12-1ubuntu6.3 | dapper-security | source, amd64, i386, powerpc
sudo | 1.6.8p12-1ubuntu6.3 | dapper-updates | source, amd64, i386, powerpc
sudo | 1.6.9p10-1ubuntu3 | hardy | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.6.9p10-1ubuntu3.8 | hardy-security | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.6.9p10-1ubuntu3.8 | hardy-updates | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.6.9p17-1ubuntu3 | jaunty | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.6.9p17-1ubuntu3.3 | jaunty-security | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.6.9p17-1ubuntu3.3 | jaunty-updates | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.7.0-1ubuntu2 | karmic | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.7.0-1ubuntu2.4 | karmic-security | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.7.0-1ubuntu2.4 | karmic-updates | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5 | lucid | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.1 | lucid-security | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.1 | lucid-updates | source, amd64, i386
sudo | 1.7.2p7-1ubuntu1 | maverick | source, amd64, i386
before you can use rmadison you must install the devscripts package:
sudo apt-get install devscripts
rmadison ffmpeg currently shows 14 lines of results, including "7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1", which is what I'm interested in ( launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1 ) But then sudo apt install ffmpeg=7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1 results in: "Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Version '7:4.1.3-0ubuntu1' for 'ffmpeg' was not found"
I don't know how (or why) you said apt-cache policy doesn't show all versions! I'm using this for several years now and It always showed all versions including the priority number.
apt-cache policy nautilusnautilus:
Installed: 1:3.18.5-0ubuntu1~xenial1
Candidate: 1:3.18.5-0ubuntu1~xenial1
Version table:
*** 1:3.18.5-0ubuntu1~xenial1 500
500 file:/media/Linux/apt-repo/xenial1 Packages
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/budgie-remix/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu4 500
500 file:/media/Linux/apt-repo/xenial1 Packages
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
1:3.14.2-0ubuntu13 500
500 file:/media/Linux/apt-repo/wily Packages
apt-cache madison nautilus nautilus | 1:3.18.5-0ubuntu1~xenial1 | file:/media/Linux/apt-repo/xenial1 Packages
nautilus | 1:3.18.5-0ubuntu1~xenial1 | http://ppa.launchpad.net/budgie-remix/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
nautilus | 1:3.18.5-0ubuntu1~xenial1 | http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
nautilus | 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5 | http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
nautilus | 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu4 | file:/media/Linux/apt-repo/xenial1 Packages
nautilus | 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu4 | http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
nautilus | 1:3.14.2-0ubuntu13 | file:/media/Linux/apt-repo/wily Packages
Only difference is that madison took some more time than policy and shorter version. But, policy is more useful to see which version get installed, which version is next candidate to be installed.
That's why I'd suggest always using apt-cache policy <package-name> instead.
Note about output: I have some local repository setup and both of the command shows those as well.
Note 2 Newer apt comes with policy integrated into them. So, you can use apt instead of apt-cache directly.
Neither rmadison nor apt-cache policy will show all packages available. This is due to them relying on the package manifest list contained within each repo. However, rmadison is slightly better because it will show you packages available from all repositories you have added to your system instead of the top weighted ones like apt-cache policy does.
If you really want to see, browse to the repository in question in your web browser and go to the correct path (something like this: https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.3/ubuntu/pool/main/z/zabbix/).
You'll then see all the debs there you could potentially install for a particular version even before the vendor updates the manifest for apt to grab the "newest" release.
I'm sure this could also be done with a simple for loop and curl in a bash script.
