dpkg -lor to search for a specific package type
dpkg -l | grep <package_name>where you replace <package_name> by the name or a part of the name of the package you are searching for. Interesting end-user packages include
emacs
ethstatus
g++ (other compilers are also available, notably the intel compiler, see below)
gcc (other compilers are also available, notably the intel compiler, see below)
gfortran
git
gnuplot
grace
graphviz
gzip
htop
ipython
ipython3
lal
ldas
ldg
ligo-ca-certs
nano
octave
mpi
pegasus
pigz
Python
Python3
R
Ruby
slurm
SPLASH
TeXLive
tmux
tree
valgrind
Vim
virtualenv
Mathematica
Matlab
fermi
Tempo2
Intel compilers
nodestress (benchmarks)