Savoir quels paquets ont un support LTS sous Ubuntu
Contrairement à ce que l'on pense, tous les paquets d'une version d'Ubuntu LTS n'ont pas un support de 5 ans.
Certians paquets maintenus par la communauté ont un support de 3 ans.
D'autres n'ont aucun support.
La commande pour avoir un résumé est ubuntu-support-status
Exemple sur un serveur Ubuntu 18.04 LTS :
$ ubuntu-support-status
Support status summary of 'serveur-ubuntu1804':
You have 651 packages (89.4%) supported until avril 2023 (Canonical - 5y)
You have 18 packages (2.5%) supported until avril 2021 (Community - 3y)
You have 1 packages (0.1%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
You have 58 packages (8.0%) that are unsupported
Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until avril 2023.
Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details
Il est possible d'avoir le détail : Les paquets supportés 5 ans
Supported until avril 2023 (Canonical - 5y):
accountsservice acl acpid adduser amd64-microcode apache2 apache2-bin
apache2-data apache2-utils apparmor apport apport-symptoms apt
apt-utils at augeas-lenses base-files base-passwd bash
bash-completion bcache-tools bind9-host bsdmainutils bsdutils
btrfs-progs btrfs-tools busybox-initramfs busybox-static byobu bzip2
ca-certificates cloud-guest-utils cloud-initramfs-copymods
cloud-initramfs-dyn-netconf command-not-found command-not-found-data
console-setup console-setup-linux coreutils cpio crda cron cryptsetup
cryptsetup-bin curl dash dbus debconf debconf-i18n debianutils
dh-python diffutils dirmngr distro-info-data dmeventd dmidecode
dmsetup dns-root-data dnsmasq-base dnsutils dosfstools dpkg e2fslibs
e2fsprogs ebtables ed efibootmgr eject ethtool fdisk file findutils
fontconfig fontconfig-config fonts-dejavu-core fonts-ubuntu-console
freeipmi-common friendly-recovery ftp fuse gawk gcc-8-base
geoip-database gettext-base gir1.2-glib-2.0 git git-man gnupg
gnupg-l10n gnupg-utils gpg gpg-agent gpg-wks-client gpg-wks-server
gpgconf gpgsm gpgv grep groff-base grub-common grub-efi-amd64
grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64-signed grub-legacy-ec2 grub2-common
guile-2.0-libs gzip hdparm hostname htop ifenslave ifupdown info init
init-system-helpers initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin
initramfs-tools-core install-info installation-report intel-microcode
iproute2 iptables iputils-ping iputils-tracepath irqbalance
isc-dhcp-client isc-dhcp-common iso-codes iucode-tool iw kbd
keyboard-configuration klibc-utils kmod krb5-locales language-pack-en
language-pack-en-base language-pack-fr language-pack-fr-base
language-selector-common laptop-detect less libaccountsservice0
libacl1 libapache2-mod-php libapache2-mod-php7.2 libapparmor-perl
libapparmor1 libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3
libaprutil1-ldap libapt-inst2.0 libapt-pkg5.0 libargon2-0
libasn1-8-heimdal libassuan0 libatm1 libattr1 libaudit-common
libaudit1 libaugeas0 libauthen-sasl-perl libb-hooks-endofscope-perl
libb-hooks-op-check-perl libbind9-160 libblkid1 libbsd0 libbz2-1.0
libc-bin libc6 libcairo2 libcap-ng0 libcap2 libcap2-bin
libcgi-fast-perl libcgi-pm-perl libclass-data-inheritable-perl
libclass-method-modifiers-perl libcom-err2 libcomerr2 libcryptsetup12
libcurl3-gnutls libcurl4 libdata-dump-perl libdata-optlist-perl
libdate-manip-perl libdatrie1 libdb5.3 libdbi1 libdbus-1-3
libdbus-glib-1-2 libdebconfclient0 libdevel-callchecker-perl
libdevel-globaldestruction-perl libdevel-stacktrace-perl
libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdevmapper1.02.1 libdns-export1100
libdns1100 libdrm-common libdrm2 libdumbnet1
libdynaloader-functions-perl libedit2 libefiboot1 libefivar1 libelf1
libemail-date-format-perl libencode-locale-perl liberror-perl
libestr0 libevent-2.1-6 libexception-class-perl libexpat1
libexporter-tiny-perl libext2fs2 libfastjson4 libfcgi-perl libfdisk1
libffi6 libfile-copy-recursive-perl libfile-listing-perl
libfont-afm-perl libfontconfig1 libfreeipmi16 libfreetype6
libfribidi0 libfuse2 libgc1c2 libgcc1 libgcrypt20 libgdbm-compat4
libgdbm5 libgeoip1 libgirepository-1.0-1 libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-data
libgmp10 libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls30 libgpg-error0 libgpm2
libgraphite2-3 libgssapi-krb5-2 libgssapi3-heimdal libharfbuzz0b
libhcrypto4-heimdal libheimbase1-heimdal libheimntlm0-heimdal
libhogweed4 libhtml-form-perl libhtml-format-perl libhtml-parser-perl
libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-template-perl libhtml-tree-perl
libhttp-cookies-perl libhttp-daemon-perl libhttp-date-perl
libhttp-message-perl libhttp-negotiate-perl libhx509-5-heimdal
libicu60 libidn11 libidn2-0 libio-html-perl libio-multiplex-perl
libio-socket-inet6-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libip4tc0 libip6tc0
libiptc0 libirs160 libisc-export169 libisc169 libisccc160
libisccfg160 libisns0 libjson-c3 libk5crypto3 libkeyutils1 libklibc
libkmod2 libkrb5-26-heimdal libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0 libksba8
libldap-2.4-2 libldap-common liblist-moreutils-perl
liblocale-gettext-perl libltdl7 liblua5.2-0 liblvm2app2.2
liblvm2cmd2.02 liblwp-mediatypes-perl liblwp-protocol-https-perl
liblwres160 liblxc-common liblxc1 liblz4-1 liblzma5 liblzo2-2
libmagic-mgc libmagic1 libmail-sendmail-perl libmailtools-perl
libmime-lite-perl libmime-types-perl libmnl0
libmodule-implementation-perl libmodule-runtime-perl libmount1
libmpdec2 libmpfr6 libmspack0 libmysqlclient20
libnamespace-clean-perl libncurses5 libncursesw5 libnet-cidr-perl
libnet-http-perl libnet-server-perl libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
libnet-ssleay-perl libnetfilter-conntrack3 libnettle6 libnewt0.52
libnfnetlink0 libnghttp2-14 libnih1 libnl-3-200 libnl-genl-3-200
libnpth0 libnss-systemd libntfs-3g88 libnuma1 libopenipmi0
libp11-kit0 libpackage-stash-perl libpackage-stash-xs-perl
libpam-modules libpam-modules-bin libpam-runtime libpam-systemd
libpam0g libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libpangoft2-1.0-0
libparams-classify-perl libparams-util-perl libparted2 libpcap0.8
libpci3 libpcre3 libperl5.26 libpipeline1 libpixman-1-0 libplymouth4
libpng16-16 libpolkit-agent-1-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0
libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libpopt0 libprocps6 libpsl5 libpython2.7
libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib libpython3-stdlib
libpython3.6 libpython3.6-minimal libpython3.6-stdlib libreadline5
libreadline7 libroken18-heimdal librole-tiny-perl librrd8 librtmp1
libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-db libseccomp2
libselinux1 libsemanage-common libsemanage1 libsensors4 libsepol1
libsigsegv2 libslang2 libsmartcols1 libsnmp-base libsnmp30
libsocket6-perl libsodium23 libsqlite3-0 libss2 libssl1.0.0 libssl1.1
libstdc++6 libsub-exporter-perl libsub-exporter-progressive-perl
libsub-identify-perl libsub-install-perl libsub-name-perl
libsub-quote-perl libsys-hostname-long-perl libsystemd0 libtasn1-6
libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl
libthai-data libthai0 libtimedate-perl libtinfo5 libtry-tiny-perl
libudev1 libunistring2 libunwind8 liburi-perl libusb-0.1-4
libusb-1.0-0 libutempter0 libuuid1 libuv1 libvariable-magic-perl
libwind0-heimdal libwrap0 libwww-perl libwww-robotrules-perl libx11-6
libx11-data libxau6 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb1 libxdmcp6
libxext6 libxml2 libxmlsec1 libxmlsec1-openssl libxmuu1 libxrender1
libxslt1.1 libxtables12 libyaml-0-2 libzstd1 linux-base
linux-firmware linux-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-headers-4.18.0-18
linux-headers-4.18.0-18-generic linux-headers-4.18.0-20
linux-headers-4.18.0-20-generic linux-headers-generic-hwe-18.04
linux-image-4.18.0-18-generic linux-image-4.18.0-20-generic
linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04 linux-modules-4.18.0-18-generic
linux-modules-4.18.0-20-generic linux-modules-extra-4.18.0-18-generic
linux-modules-extra-4.18.0-20-generic locales login logrotate
lsb-base lsb-release lshw lsof ltrace lvm2 lxcfs lxd lxd-client
man-db manpages mawk mdadm mime-support mlocate mokutil mount
mtr-tiny multiarch-support mysql-common nano ncurses-base ncurses-bin
ncurses-term net-tools netbase netcat-openbsd netplan.io
networkd-dispatcher nplan ntfs-3g open-iscsi open-vm-tools openipmi
openssh-client openssh-server openssh-sftp-server openssl os-prober
overlayroot parted passwd pastebinit patch pciutils perl perl-base
perl-modules-5.26 perl-openssl-defaults php php-common php7.2
php7.2-cli php7.2-common php7.2-json php7.2-opcache php7.2-readline
pinentry-curses plymouth plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text policykit-1
pollinate popularity-contest postfix powermgmt-base procps psmisc
publicsuffix python-apt-common python3 python3-apport python3-apt
python3-asn1crypto python3-certifi python3-cffi-backend
python3-commandnotfound python3-cryptography python3-dbus
python3-debconf python3-debian python3-distro-info
python3-distupgrade python3-distutils python3-gdbm python3-gi
python3-httplib2 python3-icu python3-idna python3-lib2to3
python3-minimal python3-netifaces python3-newt python3-openssl
python3-pbr python3-pkg-resources python3-problem-report
python3-pyasn1 python3-pycurl python3-requests
python3-requests-unixsocket python3-rfc3339 python3-six
python3-software-properties python3-systemd python3-tz
python3-update-manager python3-urllib3 python3-yaml python3.6
python3.6-minimal readline-common rrdtool rsync rsyslog run-one
sbsigntool screen secureboot-db sed sensible-utils sgml-base
shared-mime-info shim shim-signed smartmontools snapd
software-properties-common sosreport squashfs-tools ssh-import-id
ssl-cert strace sudo systemd systemd-sysv sysvinit-utils tar tasksel
tasksel-data tcpdump telnet thermald time tmux tzdata
ubuntu-advantage-tools ubuntu-keyring ubuntu-minimal
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core ubuntu-server ubuntu-standard ucf udev
ufw uidmap unattended-upgrades unzip update-manager-core
update-notifier-common ureadahead usbutils util-linux uuid-runtime
vim vim-common vim-runtime vim-tiny vlan wget whiptail whois
wireless-regdb xauth xdelta3 xdg-user-dirs xfsprogs xkb-data xml-core
xxd xz-utils zerofree zip zlib1g
Paquets maintenus par la communauté, avec un support de 3 ans :
Supported until avril 2021 (Community - 3y):
libalgorithm-c3-perl libclass-c3-perl libclass-c3-xs-perl
libdevel-caller-perl libdevel-lexalias-perl
libdist-checkconflicts-perl libeval-closure-perl libmro-compat-perl
libnamespace-autoclean-perl libpadwalker-perl
libparams-validationcompiler-perl libreadonly-perl libref-util-perl
libref-util-xs-perl librrds-perl libspecio-perl lm-sensors makedev
Les paquets qui n'ont pas un support garanti des failles de sécurité - certains sont quand même de temps en temps mis à jours :
No longer downloadable:
python3-chardet
Unsupported:
apt-transport-https certbot e2fsprogs-l10n
fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console gcc-5-base gcc-6-base iperf3
ipmitool libgsasl7 libipc-shareable-perl libiperf0
libkyotocabinet16v5 liblog-dispatch-perl liblog-log4perl-perl
libmailutils5 libnet-snmp-perl libntlm0 libustr-1.0-1 lzop mailutils
mailutils-common manpages-fr manpages-fr-dev manpages-fr-extra munin
munin-common munin-doc munin-node munin-plugins-core
munin-plugins-extra netcat netcat-traditional nperf-server ntpdate
python-certbot-apache python3-acme python3-augeas python3-certbot
python3-certbot-apache python3-configargparse python3-configobj
python3-future python3-josepy python3-mock python3-ndg-httpsclient
python3-parsedatetime python3-requests-toolbelt
python3-zope.component python3-zope.event python3-zope.hookable
python3-zope.interface rename resolvconf snap-confine tcpd
ubuntu-cloudimage-keyring ubuntu-core-launcher watchdog
Dans ce qui n'est pas pris en charge, on trouve Let's Encrypt / Certbot, installés avec un PPA.
On trouve aussi des paquets proposé dans la distribution comme manpages-fr manpages-fr-dev manpages-fr-extra pour avoir les pages de man en frabnçais ou l'outil de supervision Munin.