[SOLVED] List number of packages available / installed

replica9000 · 03-17-2011, 11:11 AM

In Synaptic manager, the status bar shows the number of packages installed, and the number available in the repositories. I'm looking to get these numbers from the command line.

pljvaldez · 03-17-2011, 11:24 AM

Well, I know apt-cache stats will get the number available. Maybe something like this for the number installed:

Code:

dpkg --get-selections | awk '$2=="install" {print $1}' | wc -l

replica9000 · 03-17-2011, 12:17 PM

Thanks this works.