zypper: How to list different available versions of a package?

I want to get a list of all available versions of a package, the same list that you can see in Yast, but using zypper.

OpenSuse 13.1, zypper 1.9.16

1 Answer

Use search -s. For example, sudo zypper search -s fortune might give this output:

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
--+---------+------------+--------------+--------+-------------------------------
i | fortune | package | 1.99.1-6.1.4 | x86_64 | 13.1-OpenSUSE-InstallOss
i | fortune | package | 1.99.1-6.1.4 | x86_64 | Tumbleweed-OpenSUSE-InstallOss
v | fortune | package | 1.99.1-4.1.2 | x86_64 | 12.3-OpenSUSE-Oss
v | fortune | package | 1.99.1-6.1.4 | i586 | 13.1-OpenSUSE-InstallOss
v | fortune | package | 1.99.1-6.1.4 | i586 | Tumbleweed-OpenSUSE-InstallOss
v | fortune | package | 1.99.1-4.1.2 | i586 | 12.3-OpenSUSE-Oss | fortune | srcpackage | 1.99.1-6.1.4 | noarch | 13.1-OpenSUSE-SourceOss | fortune | srcpackage | 1.99.1-6.1.4 | noarch | Tumbleweed-OpenSUSE-SourceOss | fortune | srcpackage | 1.99.1-4.1.2 | noarch | 12.3-OpenSUSE-SourceOss 
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