Try this: dpkg -l | grep <package name you are looking for> I suspect that dpkg has its own man page. You can also use this command to install an individual package. dpkg -i <packagename> if the *.deb package is already in the current directory. -- Hugh On Thu, 17 Jul 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > This raises a question: How does one get a list of all the apps > currently installed? I know how to do that with rpm, but I don't know