[Ilugc] need help : how to find whether the particular packages installed or not via terminal command

[Arulalan T]

>>
>> dpkg -l | grep <pkg name>  ?
>

simple and nice command .
it gives detailed about only installed packages.
for non-installed package , it will return nothing.

> Alternately
> aptitude search <package name>
> If the first column is 'i', it means the package is installed.
> __

it gives very elaborate output for both installed and non-installed packages.



both commands are powerful.

thanks to all. ! .



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