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--- linux:slack_4system [2025/01/12 10:25] – azman
+++ linux:slack_4system [2025/12/07 09:41] (current) – [Listing Packages] azman
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 ===== Listing Packages =====
-Run ls -l output on /var/log/packages <code># ls -l /var/log/packages</code>
+Simply list files in /var/log/packages (path is actually a link to ''/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/''). <code bash># ls -l /var/log/packages/</code>
-Find package files for installed packages <code>
+List full package name (with version) only <code bash># for that in $(ls /var/log/packages/) ; do echo $that ; done | sort</code>
-for pkg in `ls /var/log/packages/` ; do
-	pkg_file=`find /home/share/slackware/slackware64-14.2/ -name "${pkg}.txz"` ;
-	[ -f "$pkg_file" ] && continue ;
-	echo "Cannot find file for $pkg" ;
-done
-</code>
-Find installation log for standard packages <code bash>
+List installed package name only <code bash># list=$(ls /var/log/packages/) ; for that in $list ; do that=${that%-*} ; that=${that%-*} ; that=${that%-*} ; echo $that ; done</code>
-for pkg in `find /home/share/slackware/slackware64-14.2/slackware64 -name "*.txz" | sort` ; do
-	base=`basename $pkg` ;
+Find installed packages that are not in Slackware tree <code bash>
-	name=${base%.*} ;
+slackfull=slackware64-15.0 ; slacktree=/home/share/slackware/$slackfull ;
-	test="/var/log/packages/$name" ;
+for pkg in $(ls /var/log/packages/) ; do
-	[ -f "$test" ] && continue ;
+	pkgf=$(find $slacktree/ -name "${pkg}.txz") ;
-	echo "Cannot find file for $test" ;
+	[ -f "$pkgf" ] && continue ;
-done
+	echo "** Package '$pkg' is alien!" ;
-</code>
+done</code> This can also be done using ''slackview'' script (in my1shell repo) <code># slackview find --alien</code>
+View information on specific package <code># slackview find [pkg_name]</code>
+To list all official packages without DE <code bash>for pack in a d k l n ap t tcl x xap ; do
+  slackview file --name pkgs.txt --insert --pack $pack ;
+done</code>
 To list currently installed packages (to be used in my1live)
-  * get all installed packages <code bash># slackview file --name pkgs.txt --installed --insert</code>
+  * get all installed packages <code bash># slackview file --name pkgs.txt --insert --installed</code>
   * sort based on software sets <code># slackview file --name pkgs.txt --sort</code>
   * remove those already selected for my1live <code>slackview file --name pkgs.txt --dups curr.list</code>