List manually installed packages.
Display a list of manually installed packages.
$ apt list --manual-installed
Listing... Done base-passwd/impish,now 3.5.51 amd64 [installed] bsdutils/impish-updates,now 1:2.36.1-8ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] cloud-init/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 21.4-0ubuntu1~21.10.1 all [installed] curl/impish,now 7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] dash/impish,now 0.5.11+git20210120+802ebd4-1build1 amd64 [installed] diffutils/impish,now 1:3.8-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] efibootmgr/impish,now 17-1ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] findutils/impish,now 4.8.0-1ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] firefox/impish-updates,impish-security,now 96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 [installed] fonts-indic/impish,impish,now 2:1.4 all [installed] git/impish,now 1:2.32.0-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] gnome-user-docs-pl/impish,impish,now 40.5-1ubuntu1 all [installed] golang/impish,now 2:1.17~0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] grep/impish,now 3.7-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] grub-common/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] grub-efi-amd64-bin/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] grub-efi-amd64-signed/impish,now 1.173+2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] grub-gfxpayload-lists/impish,now 0.7 amd64 [installed] grub-pc-bin/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] grub-pc/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] grub2-common/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] gzip/impish,now 1.10-4ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] hostname/impish,now 3.23ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] htop/impish,now 3.0.5-7build1 amd64 [installed] hunspell-en-au/impish,impish,now 1:2019.10.06-1 all [installed] hunspell-en-ca/impish,impish,now 1:2019.10.06-1 all [installed] hunspell-en-gb/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] hunspell-en-za/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] hunspell-pl/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] hyphen-en-ca/impish,impish,now 0.10 all [installed] hyphen-en-gb/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] hyphen-en-us/impish,impish,now 2.8.8-7 all [installed] hyphen-pl/impish,impish,now 1:3.0a-4ubuntu1 all [installed] init/impish,now 1.60build1 amd64 [installed] jq/impish,now 1.6-2.1ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] language-pack-en-base/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] language-pack-en/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] language-pack-gnome-en-base/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] language-pack-gnome-en/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] language-pack-gnome-pl/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] language-pack-pl/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] libdebconfclient0/impish,now 0.256ubuntu3 amd64 [installed] libreoffice-help-common/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] libreoffice-help-en-gb/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] libreoffice-help-en-us/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] libreoffice-help-pl/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] libreoffice-l10n-en-gb/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] libreoffice-l10n-en-za/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] libreoffice-l10n-pl/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] librewolf/impish,now 96.0.3-3 all [installed] linux-cloud-tools-generic/impish-updates,impish-security,now 5.13.0.28.38 amd64 [installed] linux-firmware/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1.201.3 all [installed] linux-generic-hwe-20.04/impish-updates,impish-security,now 5.13.0.28.38 amd64 [installed] linux-tools-common/impish-updates,impish-updates,impish-security,impish-security,now 5.13.0-28.31 all [installed] linux-tools-generic/impish-updates,impish-security,now 5.13.0.28.38 amd64 [installed] mc/impish,now 3:4.8.26-1.1 amd64 [installed] memtest86+/impish,now 5.01-3.1ubuntu5 amd64 [installed] memtester/impish,now 4.5.0-1 amd64 [installed] mesa-utils/impish,now 8.4.0-1build1 amd64 [installed] mokutil/impish,now 0.4.0-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] mythes-en-au/impish,impish,now 2.1-5.5 all [installed] mythes-en-us/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] mythes-pl/impish,impish,now 1.5-4ubuntu1 all [installed] ncurses-base/impish,impish,now 6.2+20201114-2build1 all [installed] ncurses-bin/impish,now 6.2+20201114-2build1 amd64 [installed] nfs-common/impish,now 1:1.3.4-6ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] nvidia-driver-470/impish-updates,impish-security,now 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 [installed] nvme-cli/impish,now 1.14-1 amd64 [installed] os-prober/impish,now 1.79ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] qdbus/impish,impish,now 4:5.15.2-5 all [installed] qtchooser/impish,now 66-2build1 amd64 [installed] shim-signed/impish,now 1.51+15.4-0ubuntu9 amd64 [installed] smartmontools/impish,now 7.2-1build1 amd64 [installed] solaar/impish,impish,now 1.0.4+dfsg-1 all [installed] thunderbird-locale-en-gb/impish-updates,impish-updates,impish-security,impish-security,now 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] thunderbird-locale-en-us/impish-updates,impish-updates,impish-security,impish-security,now 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] thunderbird-locale-en/impish-updates,impish-security,now 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 [installed] thunderbird-locale-pl/impish-updates,impish-security,now 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 [installed] ubuntu-desktop-minimal/impish,now 1.472 amd64 [installed] ubuntu-desktop/impish,now 1.472 amd64 [installed] ubuntu-minimal/impish,now 1.472 amd64 [installed] ubuntu-standard/impish,now 1.472 amd64 [installed] ubuntu-wallpapers/impish,impish,now 21.10.1-0ubuntu1 all [installed] vim/impish-updates,impish-security,now 2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu3.2 amd64 [installed] wpolish/impish,impish,now 20210105-1 all [installed] x2goclient/impish,now 4.1.2.2-2build1 amd64 [installed] xpra/impish,now 3.0.13+dfsg1-1 amd64 [installed]
Display a verbose list of manually installed packages.
$ apt list --manual-installed --verbose
Listing... Done base-passwd/impish,now 3.5.51 amd64 [installed] Debian base system master password and group files bsdutils/impish-updates,now 1:2.36.1-8ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] basic utilities from 4.4BSD-Lite cloud-init/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 21.4-0ubuntu1~21.10.1 all [installed] initialization and customization tool for cloud instances curl/impish,now 7.74.0-1.3ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax dash/impish,now 0.5.11+git20210120+802ebd4-1build1 amd64 [installed] POSIX-compliant shell diffutils/impish,now 1:3.8-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] File comparison utilities efibootmgr/impish,now 17-1ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] Interact with the EFI Boot Manager findutils/impish,now 4.8.0-1ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] utilities for finding files--find, xargs firefox/impish-updates,impish-security,now 96.0+build2-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 [installed] Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla fonts-indic/impish,impish,now 2:1.4 all [installed] Meta package to install all Indian language fonts git/impish,now 1:2.32.0-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] fast, scalable, distributed revision control system gnome-user-docs-pl/impish,impish,now 40.5-1ubuntu1 all [installed] GNOME Help (Polish) golang/impish,now 2:1.17~0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] Go programming language compiler - metapackage grep/impish,now 3.7-0ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] GNU grep, egrep and fgrep grub-common/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] GRand Unified Bootloader (common files) grub-efi-amd64-bin/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 modules) grub-efi-amd64-signed/impish,now 1.173+2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-AMD64 version, signed) grub-gfxpayload-lists/impish,now 0.7 amd64 [installed] GRUB gfxpayload blacklist grub-pc-bin/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS modules) grub-pc/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS version) grub2-common/impish,now 2.04-1ubuntu47 amd64 [installed] GRand Unified Bootloader (common files for version 2) gzip/impish,now 1.10-4ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] GNU compression utilities hostname/impish,now 3.23ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] utility to set/show the host name or domain name htop/impish,now 3.0.5-7build1 amd64 [installed] interactive processes viewer hunspell-en-au/impish,impish,now 1:2019.10.06-1 all [installed] English (Australia) dictionary for hunspell hunspell-en-ca/impish,impish,now 1:2019.10.06-1 all [installed] English (Canada) dictionary for hunspell hunspell-en-gb/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] English (GB) dictionary for hunspell hunspell-en-za/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] English (South Africa) dictionary for hunspell hunspell-pl/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] Polish dictionary for hunspell hyphen-en-ca/impish,impish,now 0.10 all [installed] English (Canada) hyphenation patterns hyphen-en-gb/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] English (GB) hyphenation patterns hyphen-en-us/impish,impish,now 2.8.8-7 all [installed] English (US) hyphenation patterns hyphen-pl/impish,impish,now 1:3.0a-4ubuntu1 all [installed] Polish hyphenation patterns for LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org init/impish,now 1.60build1 amd64 [installed] metapackage ensuring an init system is installed jq/impish,now 1.6-2.1ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor language-pack-en-base/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] translations for language English language-pack-en/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] translation updates for language English language-pack-gnome-en-base/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] GNOME translations for language English language-pack-gnome-en/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] GNOME translation updates for language English language-pack-gnome-pl/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] GNOME translation updates for language Polish language-pack-pl/impish,impish,now 1:21.10+20211008 all [installed] translation updates for language Polish libdebconfclient0/impish,now 0.256ubuntu3 amd64 [installed] Debian Configuration Management System (C-implementation library) libreoffice-help-common/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] office productivity suite -- common files for LibreOffice help libreoffice-help-en-gb/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] office productivity suite -- English_british help libreoffice-help-en-us/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] office productivity suite -- English_american help libreoffice-help-pl/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] office productivity suite -- Polish help libreoffice-l10n-en-gb/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] office productivity suite -- English_british language package libreoffice-l10n-en-za/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] office productivity suite -- English_southafrican language package libreoffice-l10n-pl/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1:7.2.5-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] office productivity suite -- Polish language package librewolf/impish,now 96.0.3-3 all [installed] The Librewolf Browser linux-cloud-tools-generic/impish-updates,impish-security,now 5.13.0.28.38 amd64 [installed] Generic Linux kernel cloud tools linux-firmware/impish-updates,impish-updates,now 1.201.3 all [installed] Firmware for Linux kernel drivers linux-generic-hwe-20.04/impish-updates,impish-security,now 5.13.0.28.38 amd64 [installed] Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers linux-tools-common/impish-updates,impish-updates,impish-security,impish-security,now 5.13.0-28.31 all [installed] Linux kernel version specific tools for version 5.13.0 linux-tools-generic/impish-updates,impish-security,now 5.13.0.28.38 amd64 [installed] Generic Linux kernel tools mc/impish,now 3:4.8.26-1.1 amd64 [installed] Midnight Commander - a powerful file manager memtest86+/impish,now 5.01-3.1ubuntu5 amd64 [installed] thorough real-mode memory tester memtester/impish,now 4.5.0-1 amd64 [installed] Utility for testing the memory subsystem mesa-utils/impish,now 8.4.0-1build1 amd64 [installed] Miscellaneous Mesa GL utilities mokutil/impish,now 0.4.0-1ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] tools for manipulating machine owner keys mythes-en-au/impish,impish,now 2.1-5.5 all [installed] Australian English Thesaurus for OpenOffice.org mythes-en-us/impish,impish,now 1:7.1.0~rc3-3 all [installed] English (USA) Thesaurus for LibreOffice mythes-pl/impish,impish,now 1.5-4ubuntu1 all [installed] Polish thesaurus for LibreOffice/OpenOffice.org ncurses-base/impish,impish,now 6.2+20201114-2build1 all [installed] basic terminal type definitions ncurses-bin/impish,now 6.2+20201114-2build1 amd64 [installed] terminal-related programs and man pages nfs-common/impish,now 1:1.3.4-6ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] NFS support files common to client and server nvidia-driver-470/impish-updates,impish-security,now 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 [installed] NVIDIA driver metapackage nvme-cli/impish,now 1.14-1 amd64 [installed] NVMe management tool os-prober/impish,now 1.79ubuntu1 amd64 [installed] utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives qdbus/impish,impish,now 4:5.15.2-5 all [installed] Qt 5 D-Bus tool ?? dummy transitional package qtchooser/impish,now 66-2build1 amd64 [installed] Wrapper to select between Qt development binary versions shim-signed/impish,now 1.51+15.4-0ubuntu9 amd64 [installed] Secure Boot chain-loading bootloader (Microsoft-signed binary) smartmontools/impish,now 7.2-1build1 amd64 [installed] control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T. solaar/impish,impish,now 1.0.4+dfsg-1 all [installed] Logitech Unifying Receiver peripherals manager for Linux thunderbird-locale-en-gb/impish-updates,impish-updates,impish-security,impish-security,now 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] Transitional English language pack for Thunderbird thunderbird-locale-en-us/impish-updates,impish-updates,impish-security,impish-security,now 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 all [installed] Transitional English language pack for Thunderbird thunderbird-locale-en/impish-updates,impish-security,now 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 [installed] English language pack for Thunderbird thunderbird-locale-pl/impish-updates,impish-security,now 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 amd64 [installed] Polish language pack for Thunderbird ubuntu-desktop-minimal/impish,now 1.472 amd64 [installed] The Ubuntu desktop minimal system ubuntu-desktop/impish,now 1.472 amd64 [installed] The Ubuntu desktop system ubuntu-minimal/impish,now 1.472 amd64 [installed] Minimal core of Ubuntu ubuntu-standard/impish,now 1.472 amd64 [installed] The Ubuntu standard system ubuntu-wallpapers/impish,impish,now 21.10.1-0ubuntu1 all [installed] Ubuntu Wallpapers vim/impish-updates,impish-security,now 2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu3.2 amd64 [installed] Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor wpolish/impish,impish,now 20210105-1 all [installed] Polish dictionary words for /usr/share/dict x2goclient/impish,now 4.1.2.2-2build1 amd64 [installed] X2Go Client application (Qt5) xpra/impish,now 3.0.13+dfsg1-1 amd64 [installed] tool to detach/reattach running X programs