Comment on Debian 7.3 is outparentComments−squeezingswirls12yBetter use aptitude instead of apt-get.If you want to know which packages are installed: aptitude search '~i'That command will list all your installed packages and the automagically installed ones will be marked with A.−RexRollman12yHonestly, I find Aptitude hard to use. Maybe Pacman has spoiled me.−adamors12yYes, Pacman is actually quite easy to use and lacks a lot of historical inconstancies that make tools like apt hard(er).When I first started using Arch (coming from 'buntu and Debian) I was surprised just how straightforward most of the flags were.
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Better use aptitude instead of apt-get.
If you want to know which packages are installed: aptitude search '~i'
That command will list all your installed packages and the automagically installed ones will be marked with A.
Honestly, I find Aptitude hard to use. Maybe Pacman has spoiled me.
Yes, Pacman is actually quite easy to use and lacks a lot of historical inconstancies that make tools like apt hard(er).
When I first started using Arch (coming from 'buntu and Debian) I was surprised just how straightforward most of the flags were.