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How to list installed package and its details on ubuntu?

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=’$\t$\t$\n’ 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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If you want to get the description of some specific packages say firefox :

sudo dpkg -l | grep firefox 

$ 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 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2 2013-12-12 12:51:51 install banshee-extensions-common 2.4.0-1ubuntu1 2013-12-12 12:51:51 install banshee-extension-radiostationfetcher 2.4.0- 1ubuntu1 2013-12-12 12:51:51 install banshee-extension-soundmenu 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2 

To get the section

$apt-cache show firefox | grep Section Section: web 

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How to use yum to list All versions of Package in Linux

The default behavior of yum is to install the most recent version of a package from the enabled repositories. However, there are situations where it may be necessary to install a particular version or revert to an earlier version of a package that is already installed.

In this post, we will show how to make yum list all available versions of a specified package and how to instruct it to install the particular one.

Show All Versions of Package with yum

Run the following command to show all versions of a package, available in enabled repositories:

# yum list glibc-locale-source —showduplicates

This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:31:11 ago on Wed 20 Jul 2022 02:01:41 AM GMT.
Installed Packages
glibc-locale-source.x86_64 2.28-151.el8 @wd_rpm
Available Packages
glibc-locale-source.x86_64 2.28-151.el8 wd_rpm
glibc-locale-source.x86_64 2.28-164.el8_5.3 wd_rpm

From the output, we can see that there are 3 packages in total. One package is installed. Two packages are available to install from remote repository.

Installed Packages: This section lists the packages that are currently installed on the system. In this case, it shows that the glibc-locale-source package with version 2.28-151.el8 is installed (@wd_rpm indicates it was installed from wd_rpm package repository).

Available Packages: This section lists the available packages that can be installed from the configured repositories. Here, it shows that there are two available versions of glibc-locale-source: version 2.28-151.el8 and version 2.28-164.el8_5.3. The wd_rpm tag indicates that these versions are available from remote package repository.

Install Specific Version Of Package with yum in Linux

To install a specific version of a package, run: $ sudo yum install –

yum install glibc-locale-source-2.28-151.el8

If you’re looking how install a package on Linux, we strongly suggest reading this article.

Force Yum To Downgrade Package

If we already have the latest version of a package installed, but we need to downgrade it to the particular version that is older, execute:

understanding RPM file name

RPM package files names consist of four elements (plus the .rpm suffix): name-version- release.architecture:

Here is one example. kernel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8.x86_64

Name : kernel
Version : 4.18.0
Release : 425.3.1.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 8.8 M

Only the package name is required for installing packages from repositories. If multiple versions exist, the package with the higher version number is installed. If multiple releases of a single version exist, the package with the higher release number is installed.

Install, uninstall & upgrade packages with yum

Here are the Yum commands for installing, removing and updating packages.

Command	Functionality	Example command
install	Install a package from yum repository	yum install nginx
remove	Remove an installed package and its dependencies	yum remove nginx
erase	Similar to remove command	yum erase nginx
update	Update or or more packages on the system	yum update or sudo yum update gcc
update-to	Update or or more packages to a specific version	yum update-to ngingx-2.7-1.1
upgrade	update all packages to the latest version	yum upgrade
reinstall	Reinstall current version of a specific package	yum reinstall httpd
autoremove	Remove a package and all other unnecessary packages	yum autoremove httpd
downgrade	Downgrade a specific package to an earlier version	yum downgrade nginx
swap	Remove package and install another	yum swap nginx httpd
localinstall	Install a package from a local repository	yum localinstall package.rpm
groupinstall	Install packages from a specific group	yum groupinstall “group name”

Base Package Commands in yum

These commands will help you explore installed packages or search for packages from repositories.

Command	Functionality	Example
list	List package names from repositories	sudo yum list all
info	Show information about a specific package	sudo yum info nginx
search	Search for a package name and description	sudo yum search apache
updateinfo	Show information about available package updates	sudo yum updateinfo baseos
check-update	Show available package updates from enabled repositories	sudo yum check-update
grouplist	Show names and available package groups	sudo yum grouplist
deplist	Show dependencies for a specific package	sudo yum deplist vsftpd
provides	Locate the package that provides a specific file	sudo yum provides “*/bin/zsh”
groupinfo	Show description and contents of a package group	sudo yum groupinfo “group name”
help	Display yum help information or help on sub command	sudo yum help or sudo yum help list

Managing Yum Repos

For adding and managing additional repositories.

Command	Functionality	Example
repolist	List the available software repositories	sudo yum repolist
repo-pkgs	Use packages in a specific repository	sudo yum repo-pkgs baseos list
repoinfo	Show information about enabled repositories	sudo yum repoinfo baseos
makecache	Download repository data to cache	sudo yum makecache

Troubleshooting Yum

When things go wrong with Yum, use these commands.

Command	Functionality	Example
clean	Clean out all cached package data/clean all packages metadata	sudo yum clean packages or sudo yum clean all
check	Check local RPM db for problems	sudo yum check
history	View and use yum transactions	sudo yum history list or sudo yum history undo or sudo yum history redo
fssnapshot	Show LVM snapshots	sudo yum fs filters

Helpful Options

Common options to be used with Yum commands:

Command Option	Functionality	Example
-y	Assume yes if prompted	sudo yum -y install nginx
–assumeno	Assume no if prompted	sudo yum –assumeno install nginx
-v	Verbose	sudo yum -v install
-q	Quiet	sudo yum -q install
–noplugins	Do not load any YUM plugins	sudo yum –noplugins install
–disableplugin=	Deactivate a specific plugin	sudo yum –disableplugin=ps
–enableplugin=	Activate a specific plugin	sudo yum –enableplugin=ps
–changelogs	Show changelog info of a package	sudo yum –changelogs install httpd
—filter=??	Filter output for specific vendors, groups, architectures, and others.	sudo yum list available –filter=server
–enablerepo=	Enable a deactivated repo	sudo yum install nginx –enablerepo=??
–disablerepo=	Disable an activated repo	sudo yum install nginx –deactivaterepo=??
–downloadonly	Download package and no install	sudo yum install –downloadonly httpd

yum Extra Commands

Some additional commands that you may need to use once a while:

Commands	Functionality
reposync	Synchronize yum repo to local directory
show-installed	Show installed packages
verifytree	Check local repo for consistency
yumdb	Change yum database
yumdownloader	Download a package from repo to cwd
repouery	Query remote repo and local db
repoclosure	Get unmet dependency list
needs-restarting	Show processes that have been updated and require restart

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