---
name: "apt-show-source"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "apt-show-source"
version: "0.11+nmu1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/apt-show-source/1p"
---

# apt-show-source(1p)

Lists source-packages.

## NAME

apt-show-source - Lists source-packages.

## DESCRIPTION

This program parses the APT lists for source packages and the dpkg status file and then lists every package with a higher version number than the one installed.

It may prove very useful if the "deb" entries in your APT sources.list point to stable and the "deb-src" entries point to unstable. With this program you are easily able to find out if there is a newer version of eg. Program XXXX in unstable.

## COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS

Optional command line parameters are the DPKG Status file to use, the path to APT's list files and a package name. There are also options to display: all source-packages, verbose messages, version-only and command-line help.

## OPTIONS

### -stf *FILE*, --status-file=*FILE*

Reads installed packages from *FILE* instead of /var/lib/dpkg/status.

### -ld *DIRECTORY*, --list-dir=*DIRECTORY*

*DIRECTORY* specifies the path to APT's list files, defaults to /var/lib/apt/lists/.

### -p *PACKAGE*, --package=*PACKAGE*

Prints out the installed-package/source-package version Information for *PACKAGE*.

### --version-only

Prints version only if used together with **--package**.

### -a, --all

Prints out all available source-packages with version.

### -v, --verbose

Prints out verbose messages.

### -h, --help

Prints out command-line help.

## AUTHOR

Dennis Schoen, dennis@debian.org

## SEE ALSO

**apt**(1), [**dpkg**(1)](/dpkg/1.md)