Each package name is of the form:
package-XubuntuY*_amd64(i386)
So my questions are:
- What does the
Xstand for? - What does the
Ystand for?
For example, in binutils_2.22-6ubuntu1.3_amd64, what is the meaning of the numbers 6 and 1.3?
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1askubuntu.com/questions/330018/…– RinzwindMay 7, 2015 at 11:35
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related debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html– BraiamMay 7, 2015 at 16:45
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serverfault.com/questions/604541/…– Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.comJul 26, 2015 at 8:16
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There is a detailed explanation here and here. If you are really interested you can read the Debian Policy Manual also. To answer your questions:
X is the Debian version of the package.
ubuntuY is the Yth Ubuntu version of the Debian package.
To quote verbatim from the first link, package-XubuntuY means:
package = this is the name of the program/library.
X = this is the debian version of the package
‐ if X=0 this means that there is no debian package (or that the ubuntu team has forked a debian package to a newer version than the one found in the debian repositories)
ex: bzip2-1.0.3-0ubuntu2
(as shown in this example the debian package might be updated in the meantime and the ubuntu package will probably merged with it on the next version)ubuntuY = this is the Yth ubuntu version of the debian package.
‐ if this is missing this mean that it is a clean, unchanged debian package
ex: gzip-1.3.5-12
(in this sample, this is the original debian package included in ubuntu)
‐ if this is present it means that Ubuntu has taken the debian package and released it with some additional patches or bug fixes.
ex: sudo-1.6.8p12-1ubuntu6
(in this sample this is the 6th version of the ubuntu package based on the debian version 1.6.8p12-1 of sudo).
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1Note: Ubuntu patches are stored under
debian/patcheson the deb, e.g.apt-get source gdb. You can also list all Ubuntu versions with changes between them withbzr branch ubuntu:gdb; cd gdb; bzr log | lessJul 26, 2015 at 9:13 -