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--- howtos:slackware_admin:querying_installed_packages [2012/09/25 04:17 (UTC)]
mfillpot moved from the general howtos namespace
+++ howtos:slackware_admin:querying_installed_packages [2020/06/16 11:29 (UTC)] (current)
unixbhaskar [Querying Installed Packages]
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 cairomm-1.9.8-x86_64-1_SBo
 pycairo-1.8.10-x86_64-2</code>
+===Another way to find out the installed packages===
+<file bash installed_pkgs_info>
+#!/bin/sh
+#Save this script as "installed_pkgs_info" probably in /usr/local/bin
+pkgdir="/var/lib/pkgtools/packages/"
+printf "\n\n\b\t Getting the information about installed pkgs...\n\n"
+cd $pkgdir
+for i in *;do slackpkg info $i | grep "PACKAGE NAME:"; sleep 1;done
+</file>
+<code>
+ And the output should look like this :
+root@Slackware_16:45:19_Tue Jun 16:~#installed_pkgs_info
+ Getting the information about installed pkgs...
+PACKAGE NAME:  ConsoleKit2-1.2.1-x86_64-4.txz
+PACKAGE NAME:  Cython-0.29.20-x86_64-1.txz
+PACKAGE NAME:  GConf-3.2.6-x86_64-4.txz
+PACKAGE NAME:  LibRaw-0.18.12-x86_64-1.txz
+PACKAGE NAME:  M2Crypto-0.35.2-x86_64-5.txz
+PACKAGE NAME:  MPlayer-20200103-x86_64-2.txz
+PACKAGE NAME:  MPlayer-20200103-x86_64-2_alsa.txz
+..snipped output for brevity!
+</code>