What is the software that is pre-installed in Ubuntu?
I would like to know the software that is pre-installed in Ubuntu.
I know this website: https://packages.ubuntu.com/, but in the website all the packages of Ubuntu are mentioned.
I want to know all software that comes pre-installed (from a website like https://packages.ubuntu.com/) without installing Ubuntu Desktop OS in my device.
Please let me know if this is possible.
My question is not a duplicate of How to get a list of preinstalled packages? and Which pre-installed apps ship with the Ubuntu 20.04 desktop installation? because of the following reasons:
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.manifest file shows the packages that are included in a live image, not the packages that are present in a fresh installation (explained in this comment: https://askubuntu.com/posts/comments/2308852).
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Running the following command is not possible as I want to know the list of software without installing Ubuntu.
dpkg -S desktop | grep "\.desktop$" | awk '{print $1}' | sed 's/://' | sort -u
You can read the *.manifest file to determine list of pre-installed packages.
Example links are below:
- Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS - https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04.2.0/ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.manifest
- Ubuntu MATE 20.04.2.0 LTS - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/20.04.2.0/release/ubuntu-mate-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.manifest
Also it is useful to check ISO contents (*.list file), it may have Nvidia drivers included, see below:
- Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS - https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04.2.0/ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.list
- Ubuntu MATE 20.04.2.0 LTS - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/20.04.2.0/release/ubuntu-mate-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64.list
These lists seem to have what you want:
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Software that comes with Ubuntu minimal install
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Additional software that comes with Ubuntu normal installation.