How Do I See Installed Files on Linux?

Chloe Bennett
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Contents How Do I See All Installed Programs in Linux? 4 Answers Aptitude-Based Distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, Etc): Dpkg -L. Rpm-Based Distributions (Fedora...

How Do I See Installed Files on Linux?
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How do I see all installed programs in Linux?

4 Answers

  1. Aptitude-based distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, etc): dpkg -l.
  2. RPM-based distributions (Fedora, RHEL, etc): rpm -qa.
  3. pkg*-based distributions (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, etc): pkg_info.
  4. Portage-based distributions (Gentoo, etc): equery list or eix -I.
  5. pacman-based distributions (Arch Linux, etc): pacman -Q.

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Where are files installed in Linux?

Linux ‘Program Files’ are in the whole hierarchy. It could be on /usr/bin , /bin , /opt/… , or in another directories.

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