[FIXED] How to view all installed packages in terminal (Ubuntu)

Issue

Need to view all the packages installed on my system through terminal. I am using ubuntu 16.10

Solution

# dpkg -l

From dpkg manual:

dpkg-query actions See dpkg-query(1) for more information about the following actions.

          -l, --list package-name-pattern...
              List packages matching given pattern.
          -s, --status package-name...
              Report status of specified package.
          -L, --listfiles package-name...
              List files installed to your system from package-name.
          -S, --search filename-search-pattern...
              Search for a filename from installed packages.
          -p, --print-avail package-name...
              Display details about package-name, as found in
              /var/lib/dpkg/available. Users of APT-based frontends
              should use apt-cache show package-name instead.

Answered By - Zumo de Vidrio

Answer Checked By - David Marino (PHPFixing Volunteer)