pkg info
displays full information on the *installed* packages. How do I get the same output for packages not yet installed? On Ubuntu, apt show
does exactly that.
**ETA**: An example of what I'm looking for, taken from Ubuntu.
~~~
$ apt show sudoku
Package: sudoku
Version: 1.0.5-2build2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/games
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Spiess-Knafl
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 124 kB
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libncurses5 (>= 6), libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Homepage: https://github.com/cinemast/sudoku
Download-Size: 41.9 kB
APT-Sources: http://ru.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
Description: console based sudoku
This sudoku puzzle generator/solver features:
* character based (curses) interface;
* cross-platform (Minix, Unix, Windows) with full source code (ANSI C);
* generates hints upon request;
* classification of board difficulty (very easy, easy, medium, hard or
fiendish);
* generation of new boards;
* easy entry of boards published in newspapers, Internet, ...;
* multiple output formats (text, csv, HTML, PostScript).
~~~
Asked by sigil
(177 rep)
Oct 16, 2019, 07:30 PM
Last activity: Sep 13, 2022, 11:13 AM
Last activity: Sep 13, 2022, 11:13 AM