Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!193.141.40.65.MISMATCH!npeer.as286.net!npeer-ng0.as286.net!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!fx45.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.debian From: Tom Mix Subject: Re: Does package XYZ exist in Debian NN References: <10ct7vc$122on$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: tom-mixmin@protonmail.com Organization: Order of the Eternal Bait X-No-Archive: yes X-Troll-Infestation-Level: Maximum X-Bridge-Residency: Confirmed X-Bait-Quality: Extra Stinky X-Obsession-Factor: 11/10 X-Reply-Counter: Broken X-Spanked-Hard: Jen Dershmender, Adam H. Kerman X-Sockpuppet-Count: Infinite X-Flamewar-Readiness: Locked & Loaded X-Thread-Necromancy: Active X-Nonsense-Quotient: Overflow X-Meme-Residue: Heavy User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Lines: 21 X-Complaints-To: https://www.astraweb.com/aup NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:43:04 UTC Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:43:04 GMT X-Received-Bytes: 1758 Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.debian:10731 On 2025-10-17, Richard Owlett wrote: > I know I've done package related searches that resulted in list of > releases having that package. > > I've forgotten the relevant command ;{ > > Help please. > TIA > You’re probably thinking of the madison command. From your local apt sources you can use: apt-cache madison XYZ or apt-cache policy XYZ. To check across all Debian releases (needs the devscripts package), run: rmadison XYZ or rmadison -s bookworm XYZ. If you’d rather use the web interface: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=XYZ — that shows which Debian releases include the package and its versions. HTH -- Tom Mix