Re: make apt show packages in column

[Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com>]

Op 17-05-2020 om 02:39 schreef Ihor Antonov:
> Hi
>
> when installing a package with multiple dependencies apt gives an output:
> (example: apt install gnome)
>
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >
> >   accountsservice aisleriot apache2-bin apg baobab bluez bluez-obexd
> >   bogofilter ogofilter-bdb bogofilter-common bolt brasero-common
> >   caribou cheese cheese-common chrome-gnome-shell cracklib-runtime
> >   dconf-cli dleyna-server eog evince evince-common evolution
> >   evolution-common evolution-data-server evolution-data-server-common
> >   evolution-plugin-bogofilter evolution-plugin-pstimport
> >   evolution-plugins file-roller five-or-more
> >    ..............
> output truncated
>
> It is very inconvenient to inspect the list of installed packages in
> such output. Is it possible to make apt output this in a column?

Try the --verbose-versions switch?

    apt-get --verbose-versions install gnome

seems to do what you want (at least it does here).

Regards,
Frank