Michael Stone composed on 2020-02-05 22:56 (UTC-0500): > On Wed, Feb 05, 2020 at 08:30:17PM -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? > Is there some specific problem you're trying to solve? There are so many > potential answers to that question, it would help a lot if you were more > clear about what you want to accomplish. It's a recurring problem. I want to compare currently installed version to newer available version that may or may not be in a standard repo. Then once I know if I need it and where to find it, I want to be able to install it, mostly or entirely without a running X or extra PC to access the internet. This week's exercise is migrating a virtually blind person's HD to new PC because his old one died, and I didn't recommend an old enough CPU to be supported by pure Stable. On openSUSE I needed all (or at least most of) the following packages that came from an optional repo: S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository ---+----------------------+---------+----------------------+--------+----------- i | libLLVM9 | package | 9.0.1-lp151.41.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i | xorg-x11-server-Xvfb | package | 1.20.7+0-lp151.601.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | Mesa | package | 19.3.3-lp151.1067.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | Mesa-demo-x | package | 8.4.0-lp151.59.2 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | Mesa-dri | package | 19.3.3-lp151.1067.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | Mesa-gallium | package | 19.3.3-lp151.1067.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | Mesa-libEGL1 | package | 19.3.3-lp151.1067.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | Mesa-libGL1 | package | 19.3.3-lp151.1067.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | Mesa-libd3d | package | 19.3.3-lp151.1067.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | Mesa-libglapi0 | package | 19.3.3-lp151.1067.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | Mesa-libva | package | 19.3.3-lp151.1067.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | libdrm-tools | package | 2.4.100-lp151.264.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | libdrm2 | package | 2.4.100-lp151.264.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | libdrm_amdgpu1 | package | 2.4.100-lp151.264.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | libgbm1 | package | 19.3.3-lp151.1067.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | llvm9-opt-viewer | package | 9.0.1-lp151.41.1 | noarch | X11XOrg i+ | xf86-video-amdgpu | package | 19.1.0-lp151.64.2 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | xf86-video-fbdev | package | 0.5.0-lp151.29.6 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | xf86-video-vesa | package | 2.4.0-lp151.37.5 | x86_64 | X11XOrg i+ | xorg-x11-server | package | 1.20.7+0-lp151.601.1 | x86_64 | X11XOrg (plus new enough kernel) I need whatever will produce equivalent results for Buster, apparently from backports. CPU is 3200G Ryzen 3 Vega 8, released July 2019. Audio is also a problem, 1002:15de and 1022:15e3 Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang. -- 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/
