Find the list of installed packages in Ubuntu/Debian

To find the list of installed packages on ubuntu/debian, on console run

<pre>dpkg --get-selections</pre>

To find if a specific package is installed –

<pre>dpkg --get-selections|grep <packagename></pre>
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