Packages

Status List-Packages #

Show package counts from all detected package managers on the system.

Usage #

# Summary mode (default)
allbctl status list-packages

# Detailed mode (show all packages)
allbctl status list-packages --detail
allbctl status list-packages -d

# Show packages from specific manager
allbctl status list-packages apt
allbctl status list-packages npm
allbctl status list-packages flatpak

Output #

Summary Mode #

Shows package counts from all detected package managers:

dpkg:           2109 packages
apt:            1968 packages
flatpak:        2 packages
npm:            6 packages
pip:            107 packages
pipx:           1 packages
go:             0 packages
ollama:         3 models
vagrant:        1 VMs
vboxmanage:     1 VMs

Use --detail flag to see the full list of all installed packages.
Or specify a package manager: allbctl status list-packages <manager>

Detailed Mode #

Shows full list of all installed packages from all managers:

allbctl status list-packages --detail

Outputs complete package lists from each detected manager.

Specific Manager #

Shows packages from one package manager with the command to reproduce:

allbctl status list-packages apt

Packages installed via apt:
package1
package2
...

Command: apt list --installed

Supported Package Managers #

System Package Managers #

  • dpkg - Debian package database (all .deb packages)
  • apt - Advanced Package Tool (explicitly installed)
  • rpm - Red Hat Package Manager
  • dnf - Dandified YUM (Fedora)
  • yum - Yellowdog Updater Modified (RHEL/CentOS)
  • pacman - Arch Linux package manager
  • snap - Ubuntu snap packages
  • flatpak - Flatpak packages
  • brew - Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
  • choco - Chocolatey (Windows)
  • winget - Windows Package Manager
  • scoop - Scoop (Windows)

Programming Package Managers #

  • npm - Node.js packages (global only)
  • pip - Python packages (global only)
  • pipx - Python applications
  • gem - Ruby gems (global only)
  • cargo - Rust crates (global only)
  • go - Go modules (global only)

Special Managers #

  • ollama - Ollama AI models
  • vagrant - Vagrant virtual machines
  • vboxmanage - VirtualBox virtual machines

Package Counting #

  • System managers (apt, dnf, etc.): Only explicitly installed packages, not dependencies
  • Programming managers (npm, pip, etc.): Only globally installed packages
  • Special managers: Ollama shows models, Vagrant/VirtualBox show VMs

Integration #

The package counts are shown in the “Packages:” section of the main allbctl status command.