List of all installed packages with apt on Ubuntu
Apt is a command line interface that allows you to perform actions such as installing new software packages, removing unnecessary software packages, updating existing software packages, searching for specific software packages, etc. on a Debian VPS as an operating system or a Debian based Linux distributions such as Ubuntu. In this tutorial, we will show you how to get a list of all installed packages from apt on Ubuntu (show all installed software on your VPS)
If you want a list of all installed packages on your CentOS VPS then check our yum tutorial.
First of all, connect to your Linux server via SSH. To get a list of installed software packages on your computer, you can use the following command:
sudo apt list --installed
The output of the command will be very similar to the following, depending on which packages are currently installed:
Listing... acl/xenial,now 2.2.52-3 amd64 [installed] adduser/xenial,xenial,now 3.113+nmu3ubuntu4 all [installed] apache2/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 amd64 [installed] apache2-bin/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 amd64 [installed,automatic] apache2-data/xenial-updates,xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 all [installed,automatic] apache2-doc/xenial-updates,xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 all [installed] apache2-utils/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 amd64 [installed] apparmor/xenial-updates,now 2.10.95-0ubuntu2.5 amd64 [installed,automatic] apt/xenial-updates,now 1.2.19 amd64 [installed] apt-utils/xenial-updates,now 1.2.19 amd64 [installed] ...
To make it easier to read the entire output you can use the program less…
sudo apt list --installed | less
You can also search for a specific package using the program grep…
sudo apt list --installed | grep -i apache
The output from the above command will list all packages that include apache in their names.
apache2/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 amd64 [installed] apache2-bin/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 amd64 [installed,automatic] apache2-data/xenial-updates,xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 all [installed,automatic] apache2-doc/xenial-updates,xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 all [installed] apache2-utils/xenial-updates,xenial-security,now 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 amd64 [installed] libapache2-mod-php/xenial,xenial,now 1:7.0+35ubuntu6 all [installed,automatic] libapache2-mod-php7.0/xenial-updates,now 7.0.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 [installed,automatic] libapache2-mod-security2/xenial,now 2.9.0-1 amd64 [installed] libapache2-modsecurity/xenial,xenial,now 2.9.0-1 all [installed]
Apt supports templates, names and options, list of installed packages (--installed)updatable packages (--upgradeable) or all available package versions (--all-versions)…
Another option that can be used to get a list of installed software packages on an Ubuntu VPS is the command dpkg…
sudo dpkg -l
The output of the command will give you information such as package name, version, architecture, and a short description of the package. You can of course use the program grep again to search for a specific package.
sudo dpkg -l | grep -i apache
The output should look like below:
ii apache2 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 amd64 Apache HTTP Server ii apache2-bin 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 amd64 Apache HTTP Server (modules and other binary files) ii apache2-data 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 all Apache HTTP Server (common files) ii apache2-doc 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 all Apache HTTP Server (on-site documentation) ii apache2-utils 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 amd64 Apache HTTP Server (utility programs for web servers) rc apache2.2-common 2.2.22-6ubuntu5.1 amd64 Apache HTTP Server common files ii libapache2-mod-php 1:7.0+35ubuntu6 all server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) (default) rc libapache2-mod-php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16 amd64 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) ii libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) ii libapache2-mod-security2 2.9.0-1 amd64 Tighten web applications security for Apache ii libapache2-modsecurity 2.9.0-1 all Dummy transitional package ii libapr1:amd64 1.5.2-3 amd64 Apache Portable Runtime Library ii libaprutil1:amd64 1.5.4-1build1 amd64 Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library ii libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3:amd64 1.5.4-1build1 amd64 Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - SQLite3 Driver ii libaprutil1-ldap:amd64 1.5.4-1build1 amd64 Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - LDAP Driver
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