How to get list of installed packages on Ubuntu / Debian Linux
in Categories Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Package Management, Ubuntu Linux last updated February 9, 2017
Tag: dpkg command
How to find out when Debian or Ubuntu package installed or updated
in Categories Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Package Management last updated January 15, 2016Debian / Ubuntu Linux Delete Old Kernel Images Command
in Categories Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Package Management, Troubleshooting, Ubuntu Linux last updated October 24, 2016
Ubuntu Linux: Install Google Chrome Browser Command
in Categories Package Management, Ubuntu Linux last updated October 2, 2017Debian / Ubuntu: Find Information ( Description ) About Installed Packages
in Categories Debian / Ubuntu last updated October 28, 2012I‘m looking for equivalent of yum info httpd command under Debian Linux. How do I display information about the installed packages on the command line under Debian or Ubuntu Linux? How do I see the description of a package under Debian or Ubuntu Linux using command line options?
Linux Find Out What Compilers Are Installed or Available On The System
in Categories Linux last updated December 11, 2017
Debian / Ubuntu Linux apt-get: Blacklist a Package From Installing
in Categories Debian / Ubuntu last updated September 29, 2012I‘ve build my own lighttpd .deb package and I do not want to upgrade it using the apt-get command. Also, I do not want to upgrade a few more packages such as php5-cgi, httpd and so on. How do I blacklist a package or packages so that when I run apt-get upgrade, it will ignore blacklisted packages and install the rest of updates under Debian or Ubuntu Linux server system?