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Debian - list installed packages

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In this short article we would like to show how to list installed packages in Debian Linux using Command Line.

Quick solution:

sudo apt list --installed

There are available three popular installation approaches:

  1. apt command,
  2. dpkg command,
  3. manual instalation.

In this article we focus on apt and dpkg commands.

 

apt command example

Note: check /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory to see repositotory paths.

Type following command:

sudo apt list --installed

Output:

root@server948264:/home/nazwa1dmEa1s21D/test# sudo apt list --installed
Listing... Done
adduser/oldstable,now 3.115 all [installed]
adwaita-icon-theme/oldstable,now 3.22.0-1+deb9u1 all [installed,automatic]
ant/oldstable,oldstable,now 1.9.9-1+deb9u1 all [installed,automatic]
ant-optional/oldstable,oldstable,now 1.9.9-1+deb9u1 all [installed,automatic]
apache2/oldstable,oldstable,now 2.4.25-3+deb9u9 amd64 [installed]
apache2-bin/oldstable,oldstable,now 2.4.25-3+deb9u9 amd64 [installed,automatic]
apache2-data/oldstable,oldstable,now 2.4.25-3+deb9u9 all [installed,automatic]
apache2-dev/oldstable,oldstable,now 2.4.25-3+deb9u9 amd64 [installed]
apache2-utils/oldstable,oldstable,now 2.4.25-3+deb9u9 amd64 [installed,automatic]
apt/oldstable,oldstable,now 1.4.10 amd64 [installed]
apt-transport-https/oldstable,oldstable,now 1.4.10 amd64 [installed]
apt-utils/oldstable,oldstable,now 1.4.10 amd64 [installed]
...

Other examples:

1. displaying on scrollable list:

sudo apt list --installed | less

2. checking if package is on the installed applications list:

sudo apt list --installed | grep redmine

 

dpkg command example

Type following command:

sudo dpkg-query -l

Output:

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                                           Version                      Architecture                 Description
+++-==============================================-============================-============================-=================================================================================================
ii  adduser                                        3.115                        all                          add and remove users and groups
ii  adwaita-icon-theme                             3.22.0-1+deb9u1              all                          default icon theme of GNOME
ii  ant                                            1.9.9-1+deb9u1               all                          Java based build tool like make
ii  ant-optional                                   1.9.9-1+deb9u1               all                          Java based build tool like make - optional libraries
ii  apache2                                        2.4.25-3+deb9u9              amd64                        Apache HTTP Server
ii  apache2-bin                                    2.4.25-3+deb9u9              amd64                        Apache HTTP Server (modules and other binary files)
ii  apache2-data                                   2.4.25-3+deb9u9              all                          Apache HTTP Server (common files)
ii  apache2-dev                                    2.4.25-3+deb9u9              amd64                        Apache HTTP Server (development headers)
ii  apache2-utils                                  2.4.25-3+deb9u9              amd64                        Apache HTTP Server (utility programs for web servers)
...

Other examples:

1. displaying on scrollable list:

sudo dpkg-query -l | less

2. checking if package is on the installed applications list:

sudo dpkg-query -l | grep redmine

 

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