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How to list previously installed packages from the apt history.

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This is how to get information about recently installed packages on Ubuntu. This is looking at the lowlatency package I just installed. 4.4 Thu Jun 04 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ grep "lowlatency" /var/log/apt/history.log | sed "s/ /\n/gi"; Commandline: apt install linux-image-5.3.0-24-lowlatency Install: linux-image-5.3.0-24-lowlatency:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2), linux-modules-5.3.0-24-lowlatency:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2, automatic) Commandline: apt-get install –reinstall linux-image-5.3.0-24-lowlatency Reinstall: linux-image-5.3.0-24-lowlatency:amd64 (5.3.0-24.26~18.04.2) Commandline: … Read more

How to list certain installed packages on Debian Linux.

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The dpkg command can be used to list all installed packages. I wanted to list the language packs installed with Firefox. So the command below is perfect. jason@Yog-Sothoth:~$ dpkg –list firefox-locale-* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============================-====================-====================-================================================================== ii firefox-locale-de 75.0+build3-0ubuntu0 amd64 German language pack for Firefox ii firefox-locale-en … Read more

How to list all gnome or Firefox packages on your Debian or Ubuntu system.

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This command will list all Gnome packages that are currently installed on your Debian system and can be uninstalled. 4.4 Mon Sep 10 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ dpkg –get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 14.4 Mon Sep 10 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ dpkg –get-selections | grep gnome | cut -f 1 This example lists all Doom … Read more

How to list every installed package with the apt command on Debian.

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The apt package manager allows management of all installed packages and the installation of new software on a Linux system. It also allows the retrieval of information about installed packages. To list all installed packages, run this command. This does not require sudo or su. jason$ apt list –installedjason$ apt list –installed This will be … Read more

How to review package installation logs on Linux Mint Debian Edition.

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The cat /var/log/apt/term.log command will allow you to retrieve information about a package installation; you may then review the installation process and see if anything went wrong during the installation process. In the example below, I am reviewing an installation of Midnight Commander. jason@darkstar:~$ cat /var/log/apt/term.log | grep mc Selecting previously unselected package libxdmcp6:amd64. Preparing … Read more