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Old 08-12-2009, 04:48 AM   #1
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Way to output list of installed pkg's in Debian?


Is there a way to output a List of all installed pkg's in Debian?

I just want to know exactly what pkg's are installed

Is there a command to do this?
Thanks
 
Old 08-12-2009, 04:51 AM   #2
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I just found this in a forum:
Quote:
dpkg --get-selections > installed-software
It appears to work for me.
I just found it on how-to-geek, also.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux...ntu-or-debian/

Last edited by joeBuffer; 08-12-2009 at 04:59 AM.
 
Old 08-12-2009, 04:59 AM   #3
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Thank you very much!

I'm gonna try it and see
LOL, I got alot of pkgs
 
Old 08-12-2009, 05:06 AM   #4
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you can also use synaptic, i think it has a custom filter for it? aptitude also allows you to see installed packages
 
Old 08-12-2009, 05:21 AM   #5
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Thank you too!
I'm using GRML
it does have aptitude though no synaptic

Is there a way to output the list to a text file or what?
thabnks
 
Old 08-12-2009, 05:43 AM   #6
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Try:
dpkg --get-selections \* > selections.txt
 
Old 08-12-2009, 06:15 AM   #7
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Hell yeah that worked Great!

That's all in a 290mb remaster of grml medium


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