You could try dpkg -l JS On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 08:23 pm, Piers Kittel wrote: > Hello all > > Am installing Debian on a 486 laptop, and because I want to trim down > the installation as much as possible, how do I view a list of what's > installed by apt-get on the laptop? DSelect is useless as it marks some > stuff that hasn't been installed as to be installed. > > Thanks very much for your help in advance > > Cheers - Piers