How can I find out in which distributions a package is available?
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From the search results I was able to get so far my question seems unlikely, although I don't know why ;-)
I'm writing an installation guide for a program and need a “compatibility matrix†for several packages on the different distributions. So what I need is the information in which distributions and releases a given package X is available, optionally together with the version.
Of course each distribution has a package index like Debian Packages Search from where I can get the information for this distribution. But is there an index or a search engine anywhere that can give me this information for many (all?) distributions?
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From the search results I was able to get so far my question seems unlikely, although I don't know why ;-)
I'm writing an installation guide for a program and need a “compatibility matrix†for several packages on the different distributions. So what I need is the information in which distributions and releases a given package X is available, optionally together with the version.
Of course each distribution has a package index like Debian Packages Search from where I can get the information for this distribution. But is there an index or a search engine anywhere that can give me this information for many (all?) distributions?
package-management distributions
edited Jan 15 at 7:56
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asked Jan 14 at 22:17
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There isn't, though someone set up something like that a few years ago - see byacc summary on the Web Archive for example.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 14 at 22:40
rmadisonmay be of use for Debian and its ilk - manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/rmadison.1.html
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Jan 14 at 23:18
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From the search results I was able to get so far my question seems unlikely, although I don't know why ;-)
I'm writing an installation guide for a program and need a “compatibility matrix†for several packages on the different distributions. So what I need is the information in which distributions and releases a given package X is available, optionally together with the version.
Of course each distribution has a package index like Debian Packages Search from where I can get the information for this distribution. But is there an index or a search engine anywhere that can give me this information for many (all?) distributions?
package-management distributions
edited Jan 15 at 7:56
GAD3R
22.5k154894
asked Jan 14 at 22:17
uli_1973
1143
From the search results I was able to get so far my question seems unlikely, although I don't know why ;-)
I'm writing an installation guide for a program and need a “compatibility matrix†for several packages on the different distributions. So what I need is the information in which distributions and releases a given package X is available, optionally together with the version.
Of course each distribution has a package index like Debian Packages Search from where I can get the information for this distribution. But is there an index or a search engine anywhere that can give me this information for many (all?) distributions?
package-management distributions
edited Jan 15 at 7:56
GAD3R
22.5k154894
asked Jan 14 at 22:17
uli_1973
1143
edited Jan 15 at 7:56
GAD3R
22.5k154894
edited Jan 15 at 7:56
GAD3R
22.5k154894
edited Jan 15 at 7:56
GAD3R
22.5k154894
22.5k154894
asked Jan 14 at 22:17
uli_1973
1143
asked Jan 14 at 22:17
uli_1973
1143
asked Jan 14 at 22:17
uli_1973
1143
1143
There isn't, though someone set up something like that a few years ago - see byacc summary on the Web Archive for example.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 14 at 22:40
rmadisonmay be of use for Debian and its ilk - manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/rmadison.1.html
– ivanivan
Jan 14 at 23:18
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There isn't, though someone set up something like that a few years ago - see byacc summary on the Web Archive for example.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 14 at 22:40
rmadisonmay be of use for Debian and its ilk - manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/rmadison.1.html
– ivanivan
Jan 14 at 23:18
There isn't, though someone set up something like that a few years ago - see byacc summary on the Web Archive for example.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 14 at 22:40
There isn't, though someone set up something like that a few years ago - see byacc summary on the Web Archive for example.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 14 at 22:40
rmadison may be of use for Debian and its ilk - manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/rmadison.1.html– ivanivan
Jan 14 at 23:18
rmadison may be of use for Debian and its ilk - manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/rmadison.1.html– ivanivan
Jan 14 at 23:18
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Distrowatch offers a list of installed packages for each distro. For example (look at the tables in the middle of the page)
answered Jan 15 at 2:49
Isaac
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I have found the search page on Distrowatch which is actually the functionality I need. Unfortunately it only tracks a certain number of packages - and (of course) the packages I'm interested in aren't among them.
– uli_1973
Jan 16 at 8:08
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Repology is an online service which seems to fit the bill. Its information is accurate for the packages I checked, but other commentators differ.
You might also find whohas useful. This is a tool which runs locally and interrogates a number of package indexes directly.
Both tools track most of the major distributions; Repology indexes lots of smaller ones too.
Can I depend? provides a list of supported versions for a small set of language runtimes on a few distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SLES). Its scope is much smaller than Repology’s but it could be sufficient for some readers.
answered Jan 14 at 22:58
Stephen Kitt
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Interesting, but comparing with my programs, the first is noticeably inaccurate (I'm not going to use it). The other would take more time to investigate.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 1:09
For which packages did you find errors? I looked at xterm among others and the results seem accurate. (I’m not trying to argue, I’m genuinely curious.)
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 5:42
I started with luit, and saw that some of my work was misattributed, looked at cdk (wrong version numbers). Commenting now, there's bogus information for bcpp, vttest. Also, judging by the results, it's Linux-specific, which is misleading since it implies more independence across packagers than exists, and ignores the other 60% of the packaging domain.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 10:40
Oh OK, I see, thanks. It does have info on MacPorts, FreeBSD ports, and OpenIndiana, so it’s not Linux-specific, but most of the results are for Linux distributions.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:43
See the GitHub repo for coverage details.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:44
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2 Answers
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up vote
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Distrowatch offers a list of installed packages for each distro. For example (look at the tables in the middle of the page)
answered Jan 15 at 2:49
Isaac
6,7611834
I have found the search page on Distrowatch which is actually the functionality I need. Unfortunately it only tracks a certain number of packages - and (of course) the packages I'm interested in aren't among them.
– uli_1973
Jan 16 at 8:08
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
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Distrowatch offers a list of installed packages for each distro. For example (look at the tables in the middle of the page)
answered Jan 15 at 2:49
Isaac
6,7611834
I have found the search page on Distrowatch which is actually the functionality I need. Unfortunately it only tracks a certain number of packages - and (of course) the packages I'm interested in aren't among them.
– uli_1973
Jan 16 at 8:08
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
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Distrowatch offers a list of installed packages for each distro. For example (look at the tables in the middle of the page)
answered Jan 15 at 2:49
Isaac
6,7611834
Distrowatch offers a list of installed packages for each distro. For example (look at the tables in the middle of the page)
answered Jan 15 at 2:49
Isaac
6,7611834
answered Jan 15 at 2:49
Isaac
6,7611834
answered Jan 15 at 2:49
Isaac
6,7611834
answered Jan 15 at 2:49
Isaac
6,7611834
6,7611834
I have found the search page on Distrowatch which is actually the functionality I need. Unfortunately it only tracks a certain number of packages - and (of course) the packages I'm interested in aren't among them.
– uli_1973
Jan 16 at 8:08
add a comment |Â
I have found the search page on Distrowatch which is actually the functionality I need. Unfortunately it only tracks a certain number of packages - and (of course) the packages I'm interested in aren't among them.
– uli_1973
Jan 16 at 8:08
I have found the search page on Distrowatch which is actually the functionality I need. Unfortunately it only tracks a certain number of packages - and (of course) the packages I'm interested in aren't among them.
– uli_1973
Jan 16 at 8:08
I have found the search page on Distrowatch which is actually the functionality I need. Unfortunately it only tracks a certain number of packages - and (of course) the packages I'm interested in aren't among them.
– uli_1973
Jan 16 at 8:08
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Repology is an online service which seems to fit the bill. Its information is accurate for the packages I checked, but other commentators differ.
You might also find whohas useful. This is a tool which runs locally and interrogates a number of package indexes directly.
Both tools track most of the major distributions; Repology indexes lots of smaller ones too.
Can I depend? provides a list of supported versions for a small set of language runtimes on a few distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SLES). Its scope is much smaller than Repology’s but it could be sufficient for some readers.
answered Jan 14 at 22:58
Stephen Kitt
142k22308371
Interesting, but comparing with my programs, the first is noticeably inaccurate (I'm not going to use it). The other would take more time to investigate.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 1:09
For which packages did you find errors? I looked at xterm among others and the results seem accurate. (I’m not trying to argue, I’m genuinely curious.)
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 5:42
I started with luit, and saw that some of my work was misattributed, looked at cdk (wrong version numbers). Commenting now, there's bogus information for bcpp, vttest. Also, judging by the results, it's Linux-specific, which is misleading since it implies more independence across packagers than exists, and ignores the other 60% of the packaging domain.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 10:40
Oh OK, I see, thanks. It does have info on MacPorts, FreeBSD ports, and OpenIndiana, so it’s not Linux-specific, but most of the results are for Linux distributions.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:43
See the GitHub repo for coverage details.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:44
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Repology is an online service which seems to fit the bill. Its information is accurate for the packages I checked, but other commentators differ.
You might also find whohas useful. This is a tool which runs locally and interrogates a number of package indexes directly.
Both tools track most of the major distributions; Repology indexes lots of smaller ones too.
Can I depend? provides a list of supported versions for a small set of language runtimes on a few distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SLES). Its scope is much smaller than Repology’s but it could be sufficient for some readers.
answered Jan 14 at 22:58
Stephen Kitt
142k22308371
Interesting, but comparing with my programs, the first is noticeably inaccurate (I'm not going to use it). The other would take more time to investigate.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 1:09
For which packages did you find errors? I looked at xterm among others and the results seem accurate. (I’m not trying to argue, I’m genuinely curious.)
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 5:42
I started with luit, and saw that some of my work was misattributed, looked at cdk (wrong version numbers). Commenting now, there's bogus information for bcpp, vttest. Also, judging by the results, it's Linux-specific, which is misleading since it implies more independence across packagers than exists, and ignores the other 60% of the packaging domain.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 10:40
Oh OK, I see, thanks. It does have info on MacPorts, FreeBSD ports, and OpenIndiana, so it’s not Linux-specific, but most of the results are for Linux distributions.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:43
See the GitHub repo for coverage details.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:44
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Repology is an online service which seems to fit the bill. Its information is accurate for the packages I checked, but other commentators differ.
You might also find whohas useful. This is a tool which runs locally and interrogates a number of package indexes directly.
Both tools track most of the major distributions; Repology indexes lots of smaller ones too.
Can I depend? provides a list of supported versions for a small set of language runtimes on a few distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SLES). Its scope is much smaller than Repology’s but it could be sufficient for some readers.
answered Jan 14 at 22:58
Stephen Kitt
142k22308371
Repology is an online service which seems to fit the bill. Its information is accurate for the packages I checked, but other commentators differ.
You might also find whohas useful. This is a tool which runs locally and interrogates a number of package indexes directly.
Both tools track most of the major distributions; Repology indexes lots of smaller ones too.
Can I depend? provides a list of supported versions for a small set of language runtimes on a few distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, SLES). Its scope is much smaller than Repology’s but it could be sufficient for some readers.
answered Jan 14 at 22:58
Stephen Kitt
142k22308371
edited Jan 15 at 10:10
answered Jan 14 at 22:58
Stephen Kitt
142k22308371
answered Jan 14 at 22:58
Stephen Kitt
142k22308371
answered Jan 14 at 22:58
Stephen Kitt
142k22308371
142k22308371
Interesting, but comparing with my programs, the first is noticeably inaccurate (I'm not going to use it). The other would take more time to investigate.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 1:09
For which packages did you find errors? I looked at xterm among others and the results seem accurate. (I’m not trying to argue, I’m genuinely curious.)
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 5:42
I started with luit, and saw that some of my work was misattributed, looked at cdk (wrong version numbers). Commenting now, there's bogus information for bcpp, vttest. Also, judging by the results, it's Linux-specific, which is misleading since it implies more independence across packagers than exists, and ignores the other 60% of the packaging domain.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 10:40
Oh OK, I see, thanks. It does have info on MacPorts, FreeBSD ports, and OpenIndiana, so it’s not Linux-specific, but most of the results are for Linux distributions.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:43
See the GitHub repo for coverage details.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:44
add a comment |Â
Interesting, but comparing with my programs, the first is noticeably inaccurate (I'm not going to use it). The other would take more time to investigate.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 1:09
For which packages did you find errors? I looked at xterm among others and the results seem accurate. (I’m not trying to argue, I’m genuinely curious.)
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 5:42
I started with luit, and saw that some of my work was misattributed, looked at cdk (wrong version numbers). Commenting now, there's bogus information for bcpp, vttest. Also, judging by the results, it's Linux-specific, which is misleading since it implies more independence across packagers than exists, and ignores the other 60% of the packaging domain.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 10:40
Oh OK, I see, thanks. It does have info on MacPorts, FreeBSD ports, and OpenIndiana, so it’s not Linux-specific, but most of the results are for Linux distributions.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:43
See the GitHub repo for coverage details.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:44
Interesting, but comparing with my programs, the first is noticeably inaccurate (I'm not going to use it). The other would take more time to investigate.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 1:09
Interesting, but comparing with my programs, the first is noticeably inaccurate (I'm not going to use it). The other would take more time to investigate.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 1:09
For which packages did you find errors? I looked at xterm among others and the results seem accurate. (I’m not trying to argue, I’m genuinely curious.)
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 5:42
For which packages did you find errors? I looked at xterm among others and the results seem accurate. (I’m not trying to argue, I’m genuinely curious.)
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 5:42
I started with luit, and saw that some of my work was misattributed, looked at cdk (wrong version numbers). Commenting now, there's bogus information for bcpp, vttest. Also, judging by the results, it's Linux-specific, which is misleading since it implies more independence across packagers than exists, and ignores the other 60% of the packaging domain.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 10:40
I started with luit, and saw that some of my work was misattributed, looked at cdk (wrong version numbers). Commenting now, there's bogus information for bcpp, vttest. Also, judging by the results, it's Linux-specific, which is misleading since it implies more independence across packagers than exists, and ignores the other 60% of the packaging domain.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 15 at 10:40
Oh OK, I see, thanks. It does have info on MacPorts, FreeBSD ports, and OpenIndiana, so it’s not Linux-specific, but most of the results are for Linux distributions.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:43
Oh OK, I see, thanks. It does have info on MacPorts, FreeBSD ports, and OpenIndiana, so it’s not Linux-specific, but most of the results are for Linux distributions.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:43
See the GitHub repo for coverage details.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:44
See the GitHub repo for coverage details.
– Stephen Kitt
Jan 15 at 10:44
add a comment |Â
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There isn't, though someone set up something like that a few years ago - see byacc summary on the Web Archive for example.
– Thomas Dickey
Jan 14 at 22:40
rmadisonmay be of use for Debian and its ilk - manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/rmadison.1.html– ivanivan
Jan 14 at 23:18