You have to use the options -Wf and pipe the output to sort command to get the output sorted in order. The dpkg-query is a tool used to show information about packages listed in the dpkg database.

You can also use the dpkg-query command to list installed package filtered by size.

List Installed Package Size using dpkg-query dpkg -get-selections adduser install alsa-base install alsa-utils install apache2 install apache2-mpm-prefork install apache2-utils install apache2. Linux-image-extra-3.13.0-143-generic 150,240 installedįrom the output above, the package which utilizes the largest space on my Ubuntu server is linux-image-extra-3.13.0-143-generic which is 150Mb in size. The command we need to use is dpkg get-selections, which will give us a list of all the currently installed packages. OR just search all php based packages using grep command: apt list -installed grep php. Another option is to use apt command as follows: apt list -installed. Linux-image-3.13.0-143-generic 43,054 installed Sample outputs: Fig.01: Show a list of packages installed. m, -md5sumsfile Read list of deb checksums. Linux-headers-3.13.0-32-generic 12,999 installed l, -list-missing List packages (or debs) which dont have an MD5 sums file. To list the largest installed packages in descending order, use the command: wajig large Output

Debian show installed packages