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ii linux-headers-2.6.24-23 2.6.24-23.48 Header files related to Linux kernel version 2.6 ii linux-headers-2.6.24-23-virtual 2.6.24-23.48 Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.24 on x86 ii linux-headers-virtual 2.6.24.23.25 Linux kernel headers for the virtual flavour ii linux-image-2.6.24-23-virtual 2.6.24-23.48 Linux kernel image for version 2.6.24 on x86 ii linux-image-virtual 2.6.24.23.25 Description: Linux kernel image geared towards v ii linux-libc-dev 2.6.24-23.48 Linux Kernel Headers for development ii linux-restricted-modules-common 2.6.24.16-23.56 Non-free Linux 2.6.24 modules helper script ii linux-sound-base 1.0.16-0ubuntu4 base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems ii linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-23-virtual 2.6.24-23.37 Ubuntu supplied Linux modules for version 2.6.24 ii linux-virtual 2.6.24.23.25 Complete Linux kernel geared towards virtualised ii util-linux 2.13.1-5ubuntu3 Miscellaneous system utilities ii util-linux-locales 2.13.1-5ubuntu3 Locales files for util-linux
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dpkg -l 'linux*'...since the package name would get chopped off after 14 characters. Simply piping things through 'cat' will print the whole package name:dpkg -l 'linux*' | cat