Itemized list of user installed application
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Itemized list of user installed application
Is there a way to generate a list of all existing software on a Linux Mint computer that are not part of a default installation?
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Larry78723
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Re: Itemized list of user installed application
Not as far as I know. Someone may have developed a script that will accomplish that but I'm not aware of any.
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Pennyroyal
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Re: Itemized list of user installed application
Synaptic package Manager provides a list of "installed "manually", not sure how you could script that is a list though.
Re: Itemized list of user installed application
This is not a complete list:
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dpkg --get-selections
Re: Itemized list of user installed application
Menu - Backup Tool - (Software Selection) Back Up Now
Creates a text file in /Home/User/Documents/Backup
called date-packages.list
where the pieces in red are variables..
Creates a text file in /Home/User/Documents/Backup
called date-packages.list
where the pieces in red are variables..
Re: Itemized list of user installed application
The Backup Tool states: "Note: if you want to save the complete list of all installed packages on the system, please use the command 'dpkg --get-selections > mylist.list' in a terminal."
Therefore, what would be useful is to invoke this command as one of the first things done after an installation. Then after any subsequent invocation of the command the outputs could be compared.
Of course, this only covers "packages". It doesn't list any flatpaks, nor presumably any snaps (should anyone have installed that).
Therefore, what would be useful is to invoke this command as one of the first things done after an installation. Then after any subsequent invocation of the command the outputs could be compared.
Of course, this only covers "packages". It doesn't list any flatpaks, nor presumably any snaps (should anyone have installed that).