How to show only installed packages by executing "aptitude search"?

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After executing the aptitude search pattern command, I need to see only installed packages in the search result. Is there any way to do that?

Luten · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-16 05:21:30Z

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Add ~i (short for ?installed) to match the installed packages whose name contains bash:

aptitude search '~i bash'

To match whose description contains bash.

aptitude search '~i ~d bash'

To limit to the ones that are not installed:

aptitude search '!~i bash'

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poige · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-09 13:52:01Z

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I usually do dpkg -l|fgrep …. Does it count?

UPD.: aptitude search '?narrow(?installed, …)'

(But I seem to prefer dpkg -l anyway) ;)

answered Dec 9, 2013 at 13:40

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