Ask HN: How do you keep track of CLI programs you install on linux

Posted by xlaacid on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:33AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I was reading a post about a CLI program for listening to the radio in the terminal. So I installed it, then realized I had already installed a similar program. Any advice on keeping track of CLI programs installed on Fedora, or any linux?

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of CLI programs you install... by hrnnnnnn on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:44AM (#18845454)

I don't have a good answer for your immediate question, but your post made me think, "there must be a way to show all available binaries in the current PATH".

And, of course, there is.

  compgen -c | sort | less

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/60776/list-all-file...

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of CLI programs you install... by xlaacid on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:21AM (#18846464)

Thanks. I hadnt thought of this. The problem is it returns everthing. Im wodering if there is some way to grep and identifier. I guess I should just keep a list in my notes app.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of CLI programs you install... by ChrisGranger on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:40AM (#18846695)

I just keep a simple text file list of applications I must have.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of CLI programs you install... by gfrryjfcryjry on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:58AM (#18845602)

dpkg-query -l

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Re:Ask HN: How do you keep track of CLI programs you install... by xlaacid on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:22AM (#18846478)

Thanks. I tried this on my Fedora 29 workstation but it returned nothing.

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