Listing only manually installed package

Csaba Raduly rcsaba@gmail.com
Sat Jun 27 07:40:18 GMT 2020


On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 20:20, Yasuhiro KIMURA  wrote:
>
> From: Brian Inglis
> Subject: Re: Listing only manually installed package
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 11:20:26 -0600
>
> > $ grep '\s1$' /etc/setup/installed.db # manual
> > $ grep '\s0$' /etc/setup/installed.db # auto
> >
> > $ awk '1 == $3' /etc/setup/installed.db       # manual
> > $ awk '0 == $3' /etc/setup/installed.db       # auto
> >
> > I can't remember what the pristine state of the Base category packages
are,
> > I've messed around with the setup files so much for so long.
>
> I checked /etc/setup/installed.db on my 32bit and 64bit console but in
> each case all lines end with "0". Therefore,
>

Just a data point:
Csaba@AMDAHL ~
$ grep -c '\s1$' /etc/setup/installed.db
49

Csaba@AMDAHL ~
$ grep -c '\s0$' /etc/setup/installed.db
461

Csaba

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