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List installed packages sorted by size

harmlessDebian and APTdebian, ubuntu
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user@server
dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\n' | sort -rn | head -n 20

Queries the installed size of every installed package and sorts in descending order. The first column is the size in KiB, the second the package name. Useful when / or /usr runs low and you want to know which packages take up the most space.

Note: Old kernels (linux-image-*) often appear near the top. Do not remove them manually if the running kernel belongs to them (uname -r).

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