Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.debian.user
Date:        Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:16:57 -0500

> If I have different package sources,
>
> How can find out what repository a certain package comes from?
>
> How can I list the packages coming from a certain repository?
>
> I'm asking because I think a repository contains a package that I
> want, but 'apt-cache search' still shows nothing (having added it
> to apt source list and done update).

I think you need 'apt-cache policy':

$ apt-cache policy xpdf
xpdf:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.00-3.2
  Version Table:
     1.00-3.2 0
        500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
     1.00-3.1 0
        500 http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages

This indicates that xpdf is not installed and the available versions are 1.00-3.1 (from Debian main) and 1.00-3.2 (from Debian security main). If one were installed, its version number would be lead by ***. I hope this helps.

Roberto Sanchez

/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_sarge_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages
/var/lib/apt/lists/www.backports.org_debian_dists_sarge-backports_main_binary-i386_Packages