Cc: Bcc: Subject: Re: Get list of installed packages Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <52f388e4.6000...@gmail.com>
On 06/02/14, Tino Sino (robottinos...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
> It has been asked before, but with different answers, e.g.:
> 1) dpkg-query --list | awk '/^ii +/ { print $2; }'
> 2) dpkg --get-selections | cut -f 1
> 3) ... etc ...
> Given that the output is the same:
> $ diff \
> <(dpkg --get-selections | cut -f 1) \
> <(dpkg-query --list | awk '/^ii +/ { print $2; }') \
> && echo same-output
> same-output
> I wonder, what's the golden way to do this and why?
Don't remember where I found this, but it's useful for reinstalling:
dpkg --get-selections \* | grep -e install -e hold | grep -v deinstall >
~/got-selections-$(date +%Y%m%d)'
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