How to get a text version of the Software Manager?

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Nic wrote:
> How to get a text version of the Software Manager?

I don't understand what that question means. The software manager
manages packages; so does synaptic; so does apt.

*Exactly* what text output do you want to have?

You might want to look at man apt which tells you something about list
and dpkg-query --list

> list is somewhat similar to dpkg-query --list in that it can display
> a list of packages satisfying certain criteria. It supports glob(7)
> patterns for matching package names as well as options to list
> installed (--installed), upgradeable (--upgradeable) or all available
> (--all-versions) versions.

Of course there is also a man dpkg you can look over.

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On 3/20/24 05:28 PM, Nic wrote:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLdykkQ-K1U
> Pity the fool who followed his GPS over the cliff
What's with the music piece?
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On 2024-03-20, Nic wrote:
> How to get a text version of the Software Manager?

What exactly do you mean by "text version of Software Manager"? Are you
looking for something like aptitude?

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On 3/20/24 6:04 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
> Nic wrote:
>> How to get a text version of the Software Manager?
>
> I don't understand what that question means.  The software manager
> manages packages; so does synaptic; so does apt.
>
> *Exactly* what text output do you want to have?
>
> You might want to look at man apt which tells you something about list
> and dpkg-query --list
>
>> list is somewhat similar to dpkg-query --list in that it can display
>> a list of packages satisfying certain criteria. It supports glob(7)
>> patterns for matching package names as well as options to list
>> installed (--installed), upgradeable (--upgradeable) or all available
>> (--all-versions) versions.
>
> Of course there is also a man dpkg you can look over.
>
I would like to look at the Software Manager in a text format, this way
I can count how many packages there are and also I can keep track of
when they are entered into the repository. As an example, While looking
at the SM there are tabs on the bottom such as Accessories,  Fonts,
Games.. If I click on one of those tabs I can see the packages, but have
no information about when they entered the repo. In a text format I
could sort, count the packages. It amazes me that the Science and
Education tab offers so many incredible packages, it makes me wish I was
21 again and starting out in life.

On 3/20/24 9:10 PM, Big Al wrote:
> On 3/20/24 05:28 PM, Nic wrote:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLdykkQ-K1U
>> Pity the fool who followed his GPS over the cliff
> What's with the music piece?
Some music that I like, Offenbach the Can Can guy.

On 3/21/24 5:51 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
> On 2024-03-20, Nic wrote:
>> How to get a text version of the Software Manager?
> What exactly do you mean by "text version of Software Manager"? Are you
> looking for something like aptitude?
>
>
I did not know I had this, it was even installed.

 Actions  Undo  Package  Resolver  Search  Options  Views  Help
C-T: Menu  ?: Help  q: Quit  u: Update  g:
Preview/Download/Install/Remove Pkgs
aptitude 0.8.12 @ nic-Syst               Disk: -3,289 MB
--- Upgradable Packages (89)
--- New Packages (91387)
--- Installed Packages (3481)
--- Not Installed Packages (15)
--- Obsolete and Locally Created Packages (201)
--- Virtual Packages (19186)
--- Tasks (24020)

This Aptitude is very close to what I was looking for. Thanks

Nic wrote:
> This Aptitude is very close to what I was looking for.

I never knew anything about aptitude; it is an interesting interface TUI
ncurses orCLI.

I like it; I'm sure I'll mostly use synaptic, but I like 'smart' UI.

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Mike Easter wrote:
>
> I never knew anything about aptitude; it is an interesting interface TUI
> ncurses orCLI.
>
> I like it; I'm sure I'll mostly use synaptic, but I like 'smart' UI.
>
https://lintut.com/how-to-use-aptitude-on-debian-ubuntu-mint-linux/
> How to use Aptitude package tool on Debian, Ubuntu and Mint linux

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Mike Easter wrote:
> I like it; I'm sure I'll mostly use synaptic, but I like 'smart' UI.

Uh oh. Now I'm learning about 'incompatibilities' between aptitude and
synaptic; I didn't realize that complexity.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/27402/apt-get-vs-aptitude-vs-synaptic-compatibility

> apt-get vs. aptitude .vs synaptic compatibility

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