Listing only manually installed package

[Brian Inglis]

On 2020-06-26 10:34, Yasuhiro KIMURA wrote:
> When installing one package, it is quite common for several other
> packages to be automatically installed as dependencies. And output of
> `cygcheck -c` includes both of them. Then is there any way to list
> only manually installed package?

$ grep '\s1$' /etc/setup/installed.db	# manual
$ grep '\s0$' /etc/setup/installed.db	# auto

$ awk '1 == $3' /etc/setup/installed.db	# manual
$ awk '0 == $3' /etc/setup/installed.db	# auto

I can't remember what the pristine state of the Base category packages are,
I've messed around with the setup files so much for so long.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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