On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 06:34:38PM +0200, Robert Cates wrote: > 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 Hi Robert, I like dpkg --get-selections|grep install|grep -v deinstall|awk '{print $1}' Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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