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Is a list of selected packages stored in the file system?

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I have a backup of my Ubuntu computer stored on my iMac. My hard disk died and I want get a list of the packages that was installed by just reading from the file system and without running commands like dpkg --get-selections

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answered 3 Years ago nnaisdio · Accepted Answer

You can do it by reading /var/lib/dpkg/status from your backup.

In my running Ubuntu:

grep '^Package:' /var/lib/dpkg/status | cut -f2 -d' '