---
title: Install ubuntu-package-status on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of ubuntu-package-status for on Ubuntu - Fetch
  package version data for specified packages in the Ubuntu archive
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/ubuntu-package-status/ubuntu
---

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# Install ubuntu-package-status on **Ubuntu**

# ubuntu-package-status

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#### Fetch package version data for specified packages in the Ubuntu archive

Helpful utility to fetch package version data for specified packages in the Ubuntu archive.

Similar to [rmadison](<http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/rmadison.1.html>) utility
or the [rmadison webpage](<https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/madison.cgi>) but allows for querying
multiple packages at the same time and also support TXT, JSON and CSV output formats.

This makes it easy to use with other tools - like a monitoring tool which is my use case.

# Usage:
`ubuntu-package-status --help` Shows all available options and their expected values
`ubuntu-package-status --config-skeleton` Shows the format of the expected yaml config

```
ubuntu-package-status
--config="config.yaml"
--logging-level=DEBUG
--output-format=CSV > "package-stats.csv"
```

This will write the current state of your packages in the archive to a "package-stats.csv" fi

### Package name

* ubuntu-package-status

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 10 January 2024 - latest/stable
* 31 January 2025 - latest/edge

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install ubuntu-package-status

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install ubuntu-package-status

To install ubuntu-package-status, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install ubuntu-package-status
```

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