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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
September 2009
Beginner
942 pages
85h 34m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

list

Synopsis

list [options] [packages]

Display a list of packages that match the packages specification and that are installed or available for installation.

Options

all

List all installed or available packages.

available

List packages on the repository that are available for installation.

extras

List packages on the system that are not available on any repository specified in the configuration file.

installed

List installed packages.

obsoletes

List installed packages that are made obsolete by any packages in any repository in the configuration file.

recent

List packages that have been recently added to any repository in the configuration file.

updates

List packages that have updates available for installation.

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