linux:debian:packages-query
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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.
-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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