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I was wondering How one can list (or if there is an online list) of most important/popular (alternatively all) default installed programs/packages in ubuntu? I know how to list packages, but many I don't know what they do.

Something like this, but for the actually installed system (in my case 13.10): https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ListOfOpenSourcePrograms

Is it possible to generate, of course maybe not by category?

thanks! T

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To list all software that is installed on your system (also default installed software) open a terminal and type:

root@host:~# dpkg --list

In the second column you have the name of the package and in the fourth column the short description.

You can also perform a search in the list of available packages (names and descriptions will be matched). But those packages are available to install on your system.

root@host:~# apt-cache search firefox
firefox - Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla
firefox-branding - Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - transitional package
firefox-dbg - Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla - debug symbols
...

The first column is the package name and the second is the shotr description.

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  • Hm, yes, thanks. I don't know what command I had found before that I didn't see the short description. But now it made me think of even a quick hack to find packages by 'categories':

    dpkg -all |grep searchword

     – TNT Nov 08 '13 at 15:46
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Go into the Dash, the Application lens, and then Installed.

For an actual list, try dpkg- l.

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