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.
apt show [package name]
apt show sudo
returns:
Package: sudo Version: 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4 Priority: important Section: admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Sudo Maintainers <sudo@packages.debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2,568 kB Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2), libpam-modules, lsb-base Conflicts: sudo-ldap Replaces: sudo-ldap Homepage: https://www.sudo.ws/ Task: minimal, server-minimal Download-Size: 821 kB APT-Manual-Installed: no APT-Sources: http://je.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages Description: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done. . This version is built with minimal shared library dependencies, use the sudo-ldap package instead if you need LDAP support for sudoers. N: There is 1 additional record. Please use the '-a' switch to see it
NOTE: Notice the last sentence.
apt show sudo -a
returns:
Package: sudo Version: 1.9.9-1ubuntu2.4 Priority: important Section: admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Sudo Maintainers <sudo@packages.debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2,568 kB Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2), libpam-modules, lsb-base Conflicts: sudo-ldap Replaces: sudo-ldap Homepage: https://www.sudo.ws/ Task: minimal, server-minimal Download-Size: 821 kB APT-Manual-Installed: no APT-Sources: http://je.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages Description: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done. . This version is built with minimal shared library dependencies, use the sudo-ldap package instead if you need LDAP support for sudoers. Package: sudo Version: 1.9.9-1ubuntu2 Priority: important Section: admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Sudo Maintainers <sudo@packages.debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2,564 kB Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0.2), libpam-modules, lsb-base Conflicts: sudo-ldap Replaces: sudo-ldap Homepage: https://www.sudo.ws/ Task: minimal, server-minimal Download-Size: 820 kB APT-Sources: http://je.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages Description: Provide limited super user privileges to specific users Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done. . This version is built with minimal shared library dependencies, use the sudo-ldap package instead if you need LDAP support for sudoers.