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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+#
+#
+# this example is not usefull to find out about updated, upgradable packages
+# use the depcache.py example for it (because a pkgPolicy is not used here)
+#
+
+import apt_pkg
+
+apt_pkg.init()
+
+cache = apt_pkg.Cache()
+packages = cache.packages
+
+uninstalled, updated, upgradable = {}, {}, {}
+
+for package in packages:
+    versions = package.version_list
+    if not versions:
+        continue
+    version = versions[0]
+    for other_version in versions:
+        if apt_pkg.version_compare(version.ver_str, other_version.ver_str) < 0:
+            version = other_version
+    if package.current_ver:
+        current = package.current_ver
+        if apt_pkg.version_compare(current.ver_str, version.ver_str) < 0:
+            upgradable[package.name] = version
+            break
+        else:
+            updated[package.name] = current
+    else:
+        uninstalled[package.name] = version
+
+
+for line in (uninstalled, updated, upgradable):
+    print(list(line.items())[0])