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How can I know the source ppa of an installed package?

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I have a package (xserver-xorg-video-intel) from ppa sources. Since I have more than one ppa sources for this package in my package management I am not sure which one is the source. So I wonder if I can learn this using apt-get or dbpkg etc. Related question: If I have various ppa's for a given package, will apt-get change the ppa if it finds a new version of the package in any ppa? I am asking since I use an alternative ppa for xserver-xorg-video-intel as the driver in the official one leads to errors in hibernate/sleep.

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answered 3 Years ago avilyexplor · Accepted Answer

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