Ubuntu – When a PPA has a package of the same name in the Ubuntu Software Center

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If a PPA in your sources list has a package of the same name in the Ubuntu Software Center, which one shows up in the software center. Likewise, which package is downloaded via apt-get install ?

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Whichever repo has the latest version of the package is the one shown in the Ubuntu Software center and downloaded with apt-get install. It is like this by default, but can be changed in the Software Repositories window.

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If this is the same bug that's been around for as long as I can remember then you need to run sudo update-apt-xapian-index -f to get the Software Center to update your added repo's. On further research, there are bug reports for this issue not showing added repo's and also for continuing to display repo's that have been removed. Either way, running this code will work for both. As of 13.04 this issue still persists.

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In addition to those answers running apt-cache madison <package-name> from a terminal may shed more light

hob@hobgoblin:~$ apt-cache madison clementine
clementine | 1.0.1-554-geded1da~precise | http://ppa.launchpad.net/me-davidsansome/clementine-dev/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
clementine | 1.0.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1 | http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe amd64 Packages
clementine | 1.0.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1 | http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe Sources
clementine | 1.0.1-554-geded1da~precise | http://ppa.launchpad.net/me-davidsansome/clementine-dev/ubuntu/ precise/main Sources

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