dpkg is a tool to install, build, remove and manage Debian packages. dpkg itself is controlled entirely via command line parameters, which consist of exactly one action and zero or more options. The action parameter tells dpkg what to do and options control the behavior of the action in some way.
dpkg –get-selections:
First get list of package selections, and write it to a file. Without a pattern, non-installed packages (i.e. those which have been previously purged) will not be shown in the file.
Use following command:
Continue Reading... dpkg –get-selections:
First get list of package selections, and write it to a file. Without a pattern, non-installed packages (i.e. those which have been previously purged) will not be shown in the file.
Use following command:
dpkg --get-selections | tee package_names
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