packages installed by default in linux mint 18.1 cinnamon <SOLVED>

[hafid]

I have installed linux mint 18.1 cinnamon 64bits.
After that I have added some new packages that I want to remove now but I don't remember them.

How can I get a list containing only the packages installed by default in linux mint?

I hope my request is sufficiently clear since English is not my natural language.

[richyrich]

This may help . .

http://packages.linuxmint.com/list.php?release=Serena

[Mute Ant]

If you look in the Live Session ISO casper folder there's a file filesystem.manifest which lists all the packages used to build the distribution. A few of these, like ubiquity and gparted, are removed at the end of an installation.

In a running system you can get a list of all the installed packages with... apt-mark showmanual && apt-mark showauto ...but the default collection is gone, once you install extra software.

[greerd]

You could probably also look in Synaptic > File > History and see what you've installed, I'm assuming that since you only just joined the forum that Mint is fairly fresh so there should be too much in the history.

[hafid]

I think that the solution can be summarized in the following steps:

1. Get the file filesystem.manifest which can be found in the casper folder in the Live Session ISO. This file lists all the packages used to build the distribution.
2. Use in a terminal the command

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   dpkg-query -W > installedPackages

   to list in the file installedPackages , all the packages currently installed in the system.
3. Use the command

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   grep -Fxvf filesystem.manifest installedPackages > addedPackages

   to list only the packages added by the system administrator.
   We can also use the command:

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   diff -y --suppress-common-lines filesystem.manifest installedPackages >comparePackages

   to compare the two files