How to see the list of available packages in Ubuntu?
dpkg can be used to install the packages in Ubuntu. To see the currently available packages, there is –list (-l) option.
$ dpkg --list Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============================================-===============================================-============================================ ii acpi-support 0.136 scripts for handling many ACPI events ii acpid 1.0.10-5ubuntu2 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface e ... rc dvipdfmx 1:20090115-1.2 A DVI to PDF translator with CJK support ii e2fslibs 1.41.11-1ubuntu2 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries
You can see the various states of the package like ii, rc which signifies the current state of a package. You can explore more about what does each status signify like ii, rc?
Take for example: if you see ii state for a package, it signifies that a package is currently installed
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