Ubuntu and LinuxMint is the most favored Linux program used for Desktops . If you are also a customer of Ubuntu or LinuxMint or Debian os and want to know the installed package information or version, this article will help you.
We can use dpkg command to get information of all packages.
For example if you want to get the version details of openssh-server package or other details run following command.
dpkg -s openssh-server
Package: openssh-server Status: install ok installed Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: net Installed-Size: 821 Maintainer: Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> Architecture: i386 Source: openssh Version: 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1.4 Replaces: openssh-client (<< 1:3.8.1p1-11), ssh, ssh-krb5 Provides: ssh-server Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcomerr2 (>= 1.01), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.10+dfsg~), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), debconf (>= 1.2.0) | debconf-2.0, openssh-client (= 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1.4), upstart-job, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-14), libpam-modules (>= 0.72-9), adduser (>= 3.9), dpkg (>= 1.9.0), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), procps Recommends: xauth, ssh-import-id Suggests: ssh-askpass, rssh, molly-guard, openssh-blacklist, openssh-blacklist-extra, ufw, monkeysphere Conflicts: rsh-client (<< 0.16.1-1), sftp, ssh (<< 1:3.8.1p1-9), ssh-krb5 (<< 1:4.3p2-7), ssh-nonfree (<< 2), ssh-socks, ssh2 Conffiles: /etc/default/ssh 500e3cf069fe9a7b9936108eb9d9c035 /etc/init/ssh.conf 2c7eae0c0ef56b191dad89310fa36b8e /etc/pam.d/sshd 7d1f5d0deb6bcbfe8076640cc573b09c /etc/network/if-up.d/openssh-server d6e8fb0f6192bc4cb91c4a1bc50d096b /etc/ufw/applications.d/openssh-server 486b78d54b93cc9fdc950c1d52ff479e /etc/init.d/ssh 72f87136ef9b97c7dba5fe2b75e13a59 Description: secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines This is the portable version of OpenSSH, a free implementation of the Secure Shell protocol as specified by the IETF secsh working group. . Ssh (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into a remote machine and for executing commands on a remote machine. It provides secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel. It can be used to provide applications with a secure communication channel. . This package provides the sshd server. . In some countries it may be illegal to use any encryption at all without a special permit. . sshd replaces the insecure rshd program, which is obsolete for most purposes. Homepage: http://www.openssh.org/ Original-Maintainer: Debian OpenSSH Maintainers
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