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What is the pkg analog of "apt show"?

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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