apt policy <package>

在短

下面的方法可能效果不错:

aptitude versions ^hylafax+

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apt policy <package>

在短

Linux Mint, Debian 9, Ubuntu 16.04及更老版本:

短信息:

apt policy <package_name>

详细信息(与描述和视情况而定):

apt show <package_name>

另外，apt-show-versions包(单独安装)解析关于已安装内容的dpkg信息，并告诉您包是否为最新的。

例子……

sudo apt-show-versions --regex chrome

输出:

google-chrome-stable/stable upgradeable from 32.0.1700.102-1 to 35.0.1916.114-1
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/quantal-security uptodate 1:0.3.1-0ubuntu1.12.10.1

你也可以简单地做常规的apt-get更新，然后，按照手册，做:

apt-get -V升级

-V显示详细版本号

它将显示当前包与将以类似于下面的格式升级的包:

~# sudo apt-get -V upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
   curl (7.38.0-4+deb8u14 => 7.38.0-4+deb8u15)
   php5 (5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u2 => 5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u3)
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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