Find package name using terminal
search for it using
apt-cache search name
like
apt-cache search transmission
gives:
conkytransmission - Transmission torrent info, for use in Conky
transgui - Remote GUI for Transmission daemon
transmission - lightweight BitTorrent client
transmission-cli - lightweight BitTorrent client (command line interface)
transmission-common - lightweight BitTorrent client (common files)
transmission-daemon - lightweight BitTorrent client (daemon)
transmission-gtk - lightweight BitTorrent client (GTK interface)
transmission-qt - lightweight BitTorrent client (Qt interface)
at the last (the most relevant results will be at the last since it is the terminal)
To query installed packages we can use powerful search functions from DPKG package management:
dpkg-query --list 'pattern*'
lists all packages that have not been purgeddpkg-query --search 'pattern*'
searches for individual files installed
You can use wildcards in the search pattern to find packages when only part of the package name is known.
If you're trying to remove a package
apt search transmission | grep installed
will only display installed packages