Terminal command to get installed-files.txt? (SOLVED)

[SCBrazil]

The title says it all. Could anyone tell me the command I put in the terminal in order to get the files installed on my PC, please?

And while I am here, could anyone point me in a direction where I could get a complete newbies intro into how the terminal and its commands work?

Thanks

[lmilano]

Re: Terminal command to get installed-files.txt?

Hi, what for you mean exactly by "installed files"? All the files that exist on your system? All the packages that have been installed?

Command line: you don't really need to know it in order to use Linux these days. But if you want to learn Linux administration, these two seem like a nice place to start:

http://linuxcommand.gds.tuwien.ac.at/
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/

[baucha15]

Re: Terminal command to get installed-files.txt?

For commands in Konsole, there is an excellent HOW TO by Qqmike here:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3091607.0



Cheers!!

[Rog131]

Re: Terminal command to get installed-files.txt?

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[Guest]

Re: Terminal command to get installed-files.txt?

you can get all the packages installed on your system with the command

dpkg -l <---(Thats an L)

if you are searching for something more specific, you can combine it with the grep
command by using a pipe
example(search for firefox)

root@ubuntu:~# dpkg -l | grep firefox
ii firefox 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 meta package for the popular mozilla web bro
ii firefox-3.0 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
ii firefox-3.0-branding 3.0.11+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1 Package that ships thefirefox branding

[SCBrazil]

Re: Terminal command to get installed-files.txt?

sudo dpkg --get-selections |grep -v lib |grep -v deinstall > installed-files.txt

This was what I was looking for, I find it in another thread.

Thanks everyone, I'm already doing the 'recommended reading'.

[Qqmike]

Re: Terminal command to get installed-files.txt? (SOLVED)

Hey baucha, thanks for your endorsement of my Konsole how-to!
(I only wish I could remember all that stuff ... you remember it when you use it intensely, which you usually do when you are intense about using it to solve a specific project/problem. )