def get_upstream_version(package): """Determine upstream version based on installed package @returns None (if not installed) or the upstream version """ import apt_pkg cache = apt_cache() try: pkg = cache[package] except: # the package is unknown to the current apt cache. return None if not pkg.current_ver: # package is known, but no version is currently installed. return None return apt_pkg.upstream_version(pkg.current_ver.ver_str)
def get_pkg_version(name): from apt import apt_pkg pkg = apt_cache()[name] version = apt_pkg.upstream_version(pkg.current_ver.ver_str) return version