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--- ubuntu:apt:display_details_about_a_package [2023/06/18 15:34] – peter
+++ ubuntu:apt:display_details_about_a_package [2023/06/18 16:35] (current) – peter
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 ====== Ubuntu - apt - Display details about a package ======
-To show or see information about the given package(s) including its dependencies, installation and download size, sources the package is available from, the description of the packages content and much more:
+To show or see information about the given package(s) including its dependencies, installation and download size, sources the package is available from, the description of the packages content and much more.
+  * Works like **apt-cache show** but hide some details that people are less likely to care about (like the hashes).
+  * The full record is still available via **apt-cache show** of course.
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