list all packages from a repository in ubuntu / debian

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is there a command to see what packages are available from a certain ppa repository?

Is this question still open? Do you need programmatic access or do you just want to see what is available?

raerek · Answer 1 · 2011-03-27 05:37:39Z

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cat /var/lib/apt/lists/(repo name)_Packages |grep Package

answered Mar 27 '11 at 5:37

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tjameson · Answer 2 · 2011-03-31 19:21:28Z

I don't know if this is what you're looking for:

Like it says, Synaptic Package Manager allows you to search by "origin". This isn't programmatic, but it should give you what you're looking for.

Tobu · Answer 3 · 2011-06-21 21:50:56Z

Simple:

grep ^Package: /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_*_Packages

Or more flexible:

grep-dctrl -sPackage . /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_*_Packages

For fancier querying, use apt-cache policy and aptitude as described here:

aptitude search '~O LP-PPA-gstreamer-developers'

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