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ubuntu list latest installed packages

apt list --installed | grep [name]

Ubuntu packages

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-glx
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dri
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt install net-tools
sudo apt-get install -y unzip
sudo apt install gcc
sudo apt install g++
sudo apt install python
ln -s /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/python

find installed packages in ubuntu

# This returns only the manually installed packages and only the package name (no extra info etc)
comm -23 <(apt-mark showmanual | sort -u) <(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort -u)

How to list manually installed packages in ubuntu

comm -23 <(apt-mark showmanual | sort -u) <(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort -u)