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====== Available Packages ======
The apt-cache search command will return all packages that have name in the package name or description:

  # apt-cache search name

Once you have a package name, you can get more detailed information on the package using the apt-cache show and apt-cache showpkg commands.

  # apt-cache show package_name
  # apt-cache showpkg package_name
  # apt-cache list package_name

====== Installed Packages ======
===== Check single package =====
Run apt list package, it will return the available version and if it is installed "[installed]"
  # apt list package
  
  # apt list bluez
  ------------------------------------------
  Listing... Done
  bluez/stable,now 5.66-1 amd64 [installed]
  ------------------------------------------
===== Query all manually installed packages =====
  # apt list --manual-installed=true
 or
  # apt-mark showmanual

====== dpkg-query - Low Level ======
dpkg-query is a tool to query the dpkg database. 
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-l, --list [package-name-pattern...]
     List  packages  matching  given pattern. 
     If no package-name-pattern is given, list all packages in /var/lib/dpkg/status.
     Normal  shell wildchars are allowed in package-name-pattern.

-s, --status package-name...
       Report status of specified package. 
       This just displays the entry in the installed package status database. 

-L, --listfiles package-name...
       List files installed to your system from package-name. 
       
-S, --search filename-search-pattern...
       Search for packages that own files corresponding to the given pattern. 
       Standard  shell wildchars can be used in the pattern. 

-p, --print-avail package-name...
       Display details about package-name, as found in /var/lib/dpkg/available.
       Users of APT-based frontends should use apt-cache show package-name instead as the available file
       is only kept up-to-date when using dselect.
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