From f53d0b9686adf37aa865844142c4fad36c594568 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Micka=C3=ABl=20Carl?= <contact@carlm.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:24:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a ListInstalled function

I've needed at times to list the packages that are currently listed on
a system. Search("") is equivalent to that, but since we have List()
which is equivalent to Search("*"), I figured this might be handy to
have as well.
---
 apt.go | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apt.go b/apt.go
index 5f0c591..76a704f 100644
--- a/apt.go
+++ b/apt.go
@@ -44,10 +44,23 @@ func List() ([]*Package, error) {
 	return Search("*")
 }
 
+// ListInstalled returns a list of packages installed on the system.
+func ListInstalled() ([]*Package, error) {
+	return Search("")
+}
+
 // Search list packages available in the system that match the search
 // pattern
 func Search(pattern string) ([]*Package, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("dpkg-query", "-W", "-f=${Package}\t${Architecture}\t${db:Status-Status}\t${Version}\t${Installed-Size}\t${Binary:summary}\n", pattern)
+	args := []string{
+		"-W",
+		"-f=${Package}\t${Architecture}\t${db:Status-Status}\t${Version}\t${Installed-Size}\t${Binary:summary}\n",
+	}
+	if pattern != "" {
+		args = append(args, pattern)
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("dpkg-query", args...)
 
 	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {