Check Debian Specific Package Update Info

 1alaa@aa-lu:~$ apt-cache policy vlc
 2vlc:
 3  Installed: 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
 4  Candidate: 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1
 5  Version table:
 6 *** 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 0
 7        500 http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates/universe i386 Packages
 8        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security/universe i386 Packages
 9        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
10     2.0.6-1 0
11        500 http://ae.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe i386 Packages

See https://askubuntu.com/questions/340530/how-can-i-check-the-available-version-of-a-package-in-the-repositories

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