List installed packages by size?

Zenurik

I'm running Solus on a partition with limited space; is there a command or other utility for this?

brent

eopkg list-installed -l is supposed to list all but I don't see all packages in my output...but I see the size
however, more arguments to refine here: eopkg list-installed --help
edit/will try a few of these arguments later^

Staudey

brent eopkg list-installed -l is supposed to list all but I don't see all packages in my output

Then something is wrong with your package database, or you didn't read the output right. eopkg li -l (to give the short form) will indeed list all installed packages with details. The -a argument will cause it to ONLY list automatically installed packages, and the package that triggered the automatic installation of the dependency.

brent

eopkg list-installed --help
usage: Print the list of all installed packages

Usage: list-installed


Options:
 --version                    : show program's version number and exit
 -h [--help]                  : show this help message and exit

 list-installed options:
  -a [--automatic]            : Show automatically installed packages and the
                                parent dependency
  -b [--with-build-host] arg  : Only list the installed packages built by the
                                given host
  -l [--long]                 : Show in long format
  -c [--component] arg        : List installed packages under given component
  -i [--install-info]         : Show detailed install info

 general options:
  -D [--destdir] arg          : Change the system root for eopkg commands
  -y [--yes-all]              : Assume yes in all yes/no queries
  -u [--username] arg         
  -p [--password] arg         
  -L [--bandwidth-limit] arg  : Keep bandwidth usage under specified KB's
  -R [--retry-attempts] arg   : Set the max number of retry attempts in case of
                                connection timeouts
  -v [--verbose]              : Detailed output
  -d [--debug]                : Show debugging information
  -N [--no-color]             : Suppresses all coloring of eopkg's output

eopkg list-installed -ab --long --verbose this gave me every single package and its size from libsomethingorother to zuki-themes.
I have no idea why it is showing me everything from L-Z, and, similarly, I have no idea how to get it to show me all packages and their sizes from A-L....
...can't monkey with it much longer tonight but I hate being literally halfway to solved.....
edit/formatting

brent

Staudey
I tried eopkg li -l and notice that command is suddenly disappeared and we start the top of the output with libdrm? (that goes to zuki.)
I think the output is so immense that nautilis does not know what to do with all the info. Or I am inept with Nautilus, a real possibility.
For me personally, eopkg li -l lists 50% of my installed packages, not all of them. But OP might have better luck. Thanks for the better command.

Staudey

brent That's most likely just the scrollback limit at work (I think the default might be rather low). For gnome-terminal that can be configured in Preferences -> Profiles -> [Your active profile] -> Scrolling -> Limit scrollback to:

brent

Staudey Just changed the default 10000 lines to 25000---great tip thank you. I have full output starting with asla.

So the answer to @Zenurik 's question is eopkg li -l . ---And if in gnome-terminal , set your line limit higher to see all. Thanks Staudey.

Staudey

To get a list of just the package names and sizes, use this:

eopkg li -l | awk '{if ($1 == "Name:") print $2; else if ($1 == "Architecture:") print $5" "$6}' | paste -d ' ' - -

elfprince

Staudey First time bumping into the paste command.

brent

elfprince Me as well--odd twist at the end with that paste...
but this is a powerhouse command and to the point:

Staudey

elfprince I stole the paste part from stackoverflow 😃 Haven't really used that command before either.

edit: actually from "serverfault": https://serverfault.com/a/375104

Zenurik

I didn't have the time to reply sooner, thank you everyone!
I'm not familiar with awk but to display the size number+letters I changed the 'else if' condition to print $6" "$7}. I suppose it means the 6th and 7th strings?

Staudey

Zenurik It means the 6th and 7th "field", separated by a space, so basically a word, yes (and it also inserts a space with the " " in between). I guess your system language is not English then? (which makes me wonder why the "Architecture" part worked; maybe that's not translated?)

Zenurik

Staudey You're correct, my language is portuguese. I also had to change "Name" and "Architecture" to "Nome" and "Arquitetura", otherwise it wouldn't work.