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How to list installed package and its details on ubuntu?

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I am new to ubuntu and trying to find out the way to list all installed packages and its details like version, release, install time, category on Ubuntu. Found that following commands will help me get some of this information:

1) dpkg -l

2) dpkg-query -W -f='${PackageSpec} ${version} ${Description} '

Unlike Redhat the install time and category information is missing in this. Can anyone know of a way to retrieve these details?

Thanks in advance.

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answered 2 Years ago heaco · Accepted Answer

Simple and elegant:

sudo dpkg -l | more

or

sudo dpkg -l | less

If you want to get the description of some specific packages say firefox:

sudo dpkg -l | grep firefox

Here is my output of:

$ sudo dpkg -l | more

 Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold

| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend

|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)

||/ Name                                        Version                                 Description

+++-===========================================-=======================================-==============================================================

================

ii  accountsservice                             0.6.15-2ubuntu9.4                       query and manipulate user account information

ii  acl                                         2.2.51-5ubuntu1                         Access control list utilities

ii  acpi-support                                0.140                                   scripts for handling many ACPI events

ii  acpid                                       1:2.0.10-1ubuntu3                       Advanced Configuration and Power Interface event daemon

ii  activity-log-manager-common                 0.9.4-0ubuntu3.2                        blacklist configuration for Zeitgeist (assets)

ii  activity-log-manager-control-center         0.9.4-0ubuntu3.2                        blacklist configuration for Zeitgeist (control center integrat

ion)

ii  adduser                                     3.113ubuntu2                            add and remove users and groups

ii  adium-theme-ubuntu                          0.3.2-0ubuntu1                          Adium message style for Ubuntu

ii  aisleriot                                   1:3.2.3.2-0ubuntu1                      Solitaire card games

ii  akonadi-backend-mysql                       1.7.2-0ubuntu1                          MySQL storage backend for Akonadi

ii  akonadi-server                              1.7.2-0ubuntu1                          Akonadi PIM storage service

ii  alacarte                                    0.13.2-2ubuntu4                         easy GNOME menu editing tool

ii  alsa-base                                   1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1                    ALSA driver configuration files

ii  alsa-utils                                  1.0.25-1ubuntu5                         Utilities for configuring and using ALSA

ii  anacron                                     2.3-14ubuntu1                           cron-like program that doesn't go by time

ii  apg                                         2.2.3.dfsg.1-2                          Automated Password Generator - Standalone version

ii  app-install-data                            0.12.04.4                               Ubuntu applications (data files)

ii  app-install-data-partner                    12.12.04.1                              Application Installer (data files for partner applications/rep

ositories)

ii  apparmor                                    2.7.102-0ubuntu3.7                      User-space parser utility for AppArmor

ii  appmenu-gtk                                 0.3.92-0ubuntu1.1                       Export GTK menus over DBus

ii  appmenu-gtk3                                0.3.92-0ubuntu1.1                       Export GTK menus over DBus

ii  appmenu-qt                                  0.2.6-0ubuntu1                          appmenu support for Qt

ii  apport                                      2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1                       automatically generate crash reports for debugging

ii  apport-gtk                                  2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1                       GTK+ frontend for the apport crash report system

ii  apport-symptoms                             0.16.1                                  symptom scripts for apport

ii  apt                                         0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7                  commandline package manager

ii  apt-transport-https                         0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7                  https download transport for APT

ii  apt-utils                                   0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.7                  package managment related utility programs

--More--

To get the date and time of packages being installed

cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep " install "

To get for specific package:

$cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep " install " | grep banshee

2013-12-12 12:51:48 install banshee <none> 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2

2013-12-12 12:51:51 install banshee-extensions-common <none> 2.4.0-1ubuntu1

2013-12-12 12:51:51 install banshee-extension-radiostationfetcher <none> 2.4.0-    1ubuntu1

2013-12-12 12:51:51 install banshee-extension-soundmenu <none> 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2

To get the section

$apt-cache show firefox | grep Section

Section: web