David Wright composed on 2020-02-05 20:36 (UTC-0600): > On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 20:30:17 (-0500), Felix Miata wrote:
>> How does one discover package versions on the mirrors? I know linux-image-* >> is >> there. How does one search for the versions of it hosted there? >> apt-show-versions >> linux-image-amd64 shows only one, and not which repo it comes from. Where >> does >> 4.19+105+deb10u1 kernel come from? >> https://wiki.debian.org/PackageManagement/Searching has no example. Which >> man page >> covers this? > I browse to the Debian Packages page and pick a package (almost any), > search, and follow the links down as far as the Mirrors page (links to > the actual files). I copy the address and paste it into the address > bar, but without the filename at the end. Then I just browse the > directories in the pool. I'm looking for something that doesn't involve web browsers, something I can use when X doesn't work, or always. I used that page to find one package I want: <https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware-amd-graphics&searchon=names§ion=all&suite=buster-backports> What I haven't found is anything to explain how to translate it into any apt* command. Worse, I haven't found anything that makes it clear to me whether a Buster user needs to configure deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster-backports main or deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main in sources.list. > If, however, you start with a package that happens to have a security > update, you might get stuck in the security website, where you can't > see all the general packages but only the security updates. > Don't know if that's what you meant. What I'm looking for is the closest approximation of openSUSE. Assuming appropriate repo is configured, I get everything I want there this way: # zypper se -s amdg | egrep -iv 'debug|32bit|src|i586' ... S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository ---+--------------------------------+------------+---------------------+--------+----------- i | libdrm_amdgpu1 | package | 2.4.100-lp151.264.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg v | libdrm_amdgpu1 | package | 2.4.97-lp151.2.3.1 | x86_64 | Update v | libdrm_amdgpu1 | package | 2.4.97-lp151.1.1 | x86_64 | OSS i | xf86-video-amdgpu | package | 19.1.0-lp151.64.2 | x86_64 | X11XOrg v | xf86-video-amdgpu | package | 18.1.0-lp151.1.3 | x86_64 | OSS To replace the standard package with the newer one in the configured optional repo, this is the way that comes to mind: # zypper in xf86-video-amdgpu-19.1.0 Surely Debian has something roughly or even closely similar. I'm just short of Google-fu discovering it. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
