Matt Mossholder on 20 Feb 2009 07:29:55 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu apt question


----- "Chad Waters" <chad@chadwaters.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Eric <x> wrote:
> > I would like to remove some installed packages from my Ubuntu
> system
> > but, unfortunately, don't know the exact name.
> > Is there a way I can search the installed packages?  Perhaps by
> regexp?
> 
> apt-show-versions -r REGEXP

This works as well:

      dpkg -l REGEXP

     --Matt Mossholder 


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