Re: script to list installed packages

["Pedro M." <pmacv@telefonica.net>]

Einstein9112@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know that somewhere there is a command to list all installed packages 
> (I even remember using it way back when...), but I can't seem to find it.
> I've looked at the various apt utility man pages and have not found 
> anything, even for apt-cache.  I'm trying to write a script to run the 
> command daily (with cron), and dump the list to a file. This should be a 
> useful tool to keep track of package installs and removals. Just by 
> running diff on two files, one can tell what got 
> install/removed/upgraded that day.
>
> Thanks,
> PaulNM
Good work, This is interesting to include in Debian .

It's a necessary and userfriendly tool.

Regards.