How can I check installed program versions in terminal. Is there any command for that, for example ver or something similar?
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The way how to know version of an installed package varies for different programs. Usually
application_name --version
or
application_name -version
can be used to know it. It is better to see man application_name
and search which is the command line switch to know the version.
If you installed any package using apt
, to see the version you can try
apt-cache policy package_name
In few cases the version can be found in application_name --help
. For example virtualbox
In few very little case application_name -v
also gives you version.
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package_name --version
is not usually, it's a standard, so it must to work with any package. Mar 30, 2014 at 7:30 -
package_name -v
is also not usually. It works only for a small number of programs. Seegedit -v
,ls -l
,chromium-browser -v
,grep -v
,sed -v
, etc. So I think that is not a good advice at all. Mar 30, 2014 at 7:42 -
Thanks @RaduRădeanu for correcting me. I meant to say application, but written package by mistake. Edited, plz check once. Mar 30, 2014 at 7:58
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@souravc It doesn't make any difference. See
google-chrome -v
orchromium-browser -v
. And any application is a program for me. See also unix.stackexchange.com/q/2645/37944. Mar 30, 2014 at 8:05