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Post subject: APT: I'm looking for hint
 Posted: Apr 02, 2008 - 09:36 PM
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I know that after a apt-get update I can know (with hermes) a list of packages that can be updated.
I want to know if was added on the repository packages that weren't previously. (that hadn't a previous version)
Can I know that with an apt operation after an apt-get update? |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 02, 2008 - 11:39 PM
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dist-upgrading removes packages and/or installs new packages, as well as updating them, so the best method to see what apt-get would do would be to just run:
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apt-get dist-upgrade
and press N
or to use the simulated mode to see what apt-get would do:
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apt-get -s dist-upgrade
If you really do want to see a list of upgradeable packages:
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apt-get update
apt-show-versions -u
This will show what packages have updated versions to upgrade to, but will not show what apt-get dist-upgrade will do (loads of packages may be removed). |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 04:23 AM
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| Yes, thank you! But the new added packages to the repos that haven't a previous version? |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 04:59 PM
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| For that, you'll have to look at the output of apt-get dist-upgrade or apt-get -s dist-upgrade |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 05:39 PM
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| No, that show me only the new packages that can be upgraded, not the uninstalled packages new to the repository. |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 08:55 PM
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I'm not sure what you are talking about.
I don't think there is any command that will tell you what new packages are introduced to the repository. apt-get -s dist-upgrade will tell you what new packages that a dist-upgrade will bring in. |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 10:40 PM
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 03, 2008 - 10:44 PM
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| Try and stick with SMXI on upgrades and updates . This should give you the options and view you are asking about. Try the sidux manual, it should be a big help to you too. |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 03:46 AM
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Synaptic has the unique feature of showing the detected uninstalled packages new to the repository. I thinked it is an apt CLI option. If anyone know, maybe is a comparison made by synaptic on the previous and the new updated list of packages.
Since I don't want to install synaptic in sidux (for the huge amount of packages too) I'm looking for the same option through the command line. |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 04, 2008 - 06:40 AM
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 05, 2008 - 03:03 AM
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| kpackage doesn't show the information I'm looking for! Like an exemple, kpackage, apt, adept, aptitude... will not show that the KDE4 package is added to the sid repo. This is only an example. But Synaptic show this in a separated category in the status view. I think it is an apt function but I don't know how can I obtain this with the command line. Thank you anyway. I can live without it. |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 06:07 PM
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| you could write a script/cronjob to run a 'dpkg -l' everyday, and write it to a file, then grep it for only uninstalled packages and diff the current day with the previous day, and write out the results to a file, or email it or whatever.... |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 07:01 PM
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| A complex idea, but I can make this script. Thanks! |
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Post subject: RE: APT: I
Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 02:38 PM
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You can wrap your apt-get update call like this:
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dpkg-query -l '*' | awk '/^.n/ { print $2 }' > ~/pkg.old
apt-get update
dpkg-query -l '*' | awk '/^.n/ { print $2 }' > ~/pkg.new
diff ~/pkg.old ~/pkg.new
This gives you a diff of the not installed, available packages. You could redirect the output of the diff to a file named by date so you can keep track of all changes over time. |
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