I needed to see what version of mythtv was installed on my Ubuntu 14.04 server and what dependencies it requires. Here is the solution.<\/p>\n

.deb packages are stored at \/var\/cache\/apt\/archives<\/p>\n

View mythtv package name<\/strong><\/p>\n

#ls -l \/var\/cache\/apt\/archives\/mythtv*<\/code>
\n mythtv_2%3a0.27.4+fixes.20150514.6b73976-0ubuntu0mythbuntu4_all.deb<\/code><\/p>\n

Display Package Version<\/strong><\/p>\n

# apt-show-versions mythtv<\/code>
\nmythtv:all\/trusty 2:0.27.4+fixes.20150514.6b73976-0ubuntu0mythbuntu4 uptodate<\/code><\/p>\n

Reference: http:\/\/unix.stackexchange.com\/questions\/6284\/check-package-version-using-apt-get-aptitude<\/a><\/p>\n

Display Package Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

#dpkg -I mythtv_2%3a0.27.4+fixes.20150514.6b73976-0ubuntu0mythbuntu4_all.deb<\/code><\/p>\n

new debian package, version 2.0.<\/code>
\n size 78060 bytes: control archive=1084 bytes.<\/code>
\n 1449 bytes, 34 lines control<\/code>
\n 209 bytes, 3 lines md5sums<\/code>
\n Package: mythtv<\/code>
\n Version: 2:0.27.4+fixes.20150514.6b73976-0ubuntu0mythbuntu4<\/code>
\n Architecture: all<\/code>
\n Maintainer: MythTV Ubuntu Maintainers <ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com><\/code>
\n Installed-Size: 101<\/code>
\n Depends: mysql-server | mysql-server-5.6, mythtv-database, mythtv-frontend, mythtv-backend, ntp | time-daemon | ntp-simple<\/code>
\n Suggests: mythtv-doc<\/code>
\n Section: graphics<\/code>
\n Priority: optional<\/code>
\n Homepage: http:\/\/www.mythtv.org<\/code>
\n Description: Personal video recorder application (client and server)<\/code>
\n MythTV implements the following PVR features, and more, with a<\/code>
\n unified graphical interface:<\/code>
\n .<\/code>
\n - Basic 'live-tv' functionality. Pause\/Fast Forward\/Rewind \"live\" TV.<\/code>
\n - Video compression using RTjpeg or MPEG-4<\/code>
\n - Program listing retrieval using XMLTV<\/code>
\n - Themable, semi-transparent on-screen display<\/code>
\n - Electronic program guide<\/code>
\n - Scheduled recording of TV programs<\/code>
\n - Resolution of conflicts between scheduled recordings<\/code>
\n - Basic video editing<\/code>
\n .<\/code>
\n http:\/\/www.mythtv.org\/<\/code>
\n .<\/code>
\n This package will install a complete MythTV client\/server environment on a<\/code>
\n single system. If you are intended on using this as your only MythTV machine,<\/code>
\n and this machine is already configured as a desktop, this package will get you<\/code>
\n up and running switfly.<\/code>
\n .<\/code>
\n If you are intended on installing this on a standalone\/non-desktop machine,<\/code>
\n you should look into the metapackages available:<\/code>
\n mythtv-backend-master (backend with a local database)<\/code>
\n mythtv-backend (backend needing a remote database)<\/code><\/p>\n

Reference: http:\/\/askubuntu.com\/questions\/80655\/how-can-i-check-dependency-list-for-a-deb-package<\/a><\/p>\n

2015-05-14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I needed to see what version of mythtv was installed on my Ubuntu 14.04 server and what dependencies it requires. Here is the solution. .deb packages are stored at \/var\/cache\/apt\/archives View mythtv package name #ls -l \/var\/cache\/apt\/archives\/mythtv* mythtv_2%3a0.27.4+fixes.20150514.6b73976-0ubuntu0mythbuntu4_all.deb Display Package Version # apt-show-versions mythtv mythtv:all\/trusty 2:0.27.4+fixes.20150514.6b73976-0ubuntu0mythbuntu4 uptodate Reference: http:\/\/unix.stackexchange.com\/questions\/6284\/check-package-version-using-apt-get-aptitude Display Package Information #dpkg -I mythtv_2%3a0.27.4+fixes.20150514.6b73976-0ubuntu0mythbuntu4_all.deb … Continue reading “How to See Information about a Installed Debian Package”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.chadchenault.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}