How to understand which version of Ubuntu a package is from?

Question

ubuntu

I was looking for one package for a long time, I found it here:
old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pilrc
Specifically pilrcui_3.2-3_i386.deb and pilrc_3.2-3_i386.deb . The problem with pilrcui_3.2-3_i386.deb is that it is not compatible with the current gtk libraries and I have no idea how to "combine" this package. There was an idea just to pick up a version of ubuntu that would work on a virtual machine and could pick up this package. I put it on vskidka 10.04 - it didn’t rise - it doesn’t see packages (yes, I know that you need to connect the old repositories old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu and in particular universe ).
Maybe someone knows how specifically (not by dates, stars and other vangs) to determine for which version of Ubuntu this package, so as not to waste time?
Or maybe there is some tricky hint to put this package in new ubunts in order to feed it old libs
Thank you!

Answer 1

the pool contains packages of all compiled versions.
the entry of any package of any particular version into the assembly of the corresponding version of ubuntu is described in the file http: //old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/%ubuntu version%/%freedom%/%platform%/Packages.bz2
you substitute the required platform, and you sort through the list of % ubuntu version and % free% and download everything with a script, then search in Packages for the contents of this package in the line Filename: *****
you will know exactly where it comes
from, you can try to pack it with the necessary libs to docker (as far as I remember, it is intended to create an environment with a set of libraries other than system ones)

Answer 2

See package lists for older versions of Ubuntu, for example: old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/utopic/univer...
Judging by the file update date, you need something like Ubuntu 6.10-7.04