list of installed packages

["Robert Cates" <robert@kormar.de>]

Hi all,

question - how can I get a list of my installed software packages showing
the full (proper) package name?  This is on my server, so I do not have KDE
or Gnome, or any other GUI installed, and do everything per command line.

I've tried - 'dpkg -l' and 'apt-cache search ..' , but I cannot see the full
name.

I have a couple of software packages that when I do - 'dpkg -l | grep
kernel' I see for example - rc  kernel-image-2 2.4.27-6 .., but I cannot
purge this going by this listing.

Thank you in advance for any/all help!
Robert