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Re: script to list installed packages



* Einstein9112@yahoo.com <Einstein9112@yahoo.com> [040129 15:24]:
> 
> 
> Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> >On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:27:11AM -0500, Einstein9112@yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> >>I know that somewhere there is a command to list all installed packages 
> >
> >
> >Perhaps "dpkg --get-selections" would be a good starting point?

I'd recommend that too.

> Doh!
>  I completely forgot about dpkg, I'm so used to apt.
> This seems great for the purposes of the script. Running that returns 
> 480 package names, same as how many synaptic says are installed. I'm 
> going to write a script up, test and rework it, then post it here for 
> feedback. Any other ideas are welcome in the meantime.

Careful, dpkg --get-selections doesn't always list only installed
packages
Try:

dpkg --get-selections | grep -w install | cut -f1

Cheers,

Nick.
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