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title: Find PPA for specific package
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layout: default
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created: 2011-04-09 13:28:16 +0200
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updated: 2011-04-09 13:28:16 +0200
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toc: false
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tags:
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- know-how
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- software
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- linux
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- administration
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---
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If you want to find out from which PPA a specific package was installed or what other PPAs hold it, you can use the
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following command: (found at [superuser.com](http://superuser.com/questions/106794/how-to-tell-from-what-ubuntu-or-debian-repository-a-package-comes))
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~~~
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$ apt-cache policy mpd
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mpd:
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Installed: 0.16.2+git20110331.6d3ed3f-0ubuntu1~ripps1
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Candidate: 0.16.2+git20110331.6d3ed3f-0ubuntu1~ripps1
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Version table:
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*** 0.16.2+git20110331.6d3ed3f-0ubuntu1~ripps1 0
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500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gmpc-trunk/mpd-trunk/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
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100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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0.16.1-1ubuntu1 0
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500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/universe amd64 Packages
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~~~
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Here you can see that the package `mpg` is in the PPA *gmpc-trunk/mpd-trunk* and also in the *natty/universe* repository.
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The installed version is that from the PPA - also indicated by the `/var/lib/dpkg/status` line.
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*[PPA]: Personal Package Archive
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