On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 01:57:52PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > The hosts in this query are both on vbox vms. One not running but > with OS disk mounted on a different host. > > How can I get a list of all debian pkgs installed on the OS that is > not running? That is, when I have the debian OS disk mounted on a > different HOST. > > Is there something in var (or anywhere else for that matter) that can > be used to get all installed pkgs? >
Yes. You can read /var/lib/dpkg/status. -dsr-
