APT: package query application

[Kristian Hermansen]

On 6/7/07, Kristian Hermansen <kristian.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a clever way to make apt tell me all the installed
> packages and sort by size.  I am upgrading to Ubuntu Gutsy [tribe cd1]
> (7.10), but would you believe I don't have enough disk space!?!?  I
> need to remove a few big and stale packages...

$ aptitude -O installsize -F '%I %p' search '~i'
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Kristian Hermansen