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I was wondering if there is any way to see the total hard drive space used by any program, after the installation has been completed?

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For a particular package:

apt-cache show <packagename> | grep -E '^(.*Size|Version|Package)'

Add or remove fields in the grep string as necessary. Since multiple versions may be present, I added the Version and Package fields as well. Note that the Installed Size field is an estimated value, in KB, whereas the Size field is for the package file and is in bytes.

Example:

apt-cache show blender | grep -E '^(.*Size|Version|Package)'
Package: blender
Version: 2.71~git201406121839.169c95b-0irie1~trusty1
Installed-Size: 140334
Size: 39108640
Package: blender
Installed-Size: 63238
Version: 2.69-4ubuntu2
Size: 18696012

To get a list of installed packages, see How to list all installed packages Essentially:

dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall
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muru
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I am a big fan of baobab to figure out where the big files are hidden. To install:

sudo apt-get install baobab

enter image description here

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Here is an answer which doesn't show directly asked packages info, it is covered in other answers in this thread, but though you will probably find helpful to have a list of what takes a lot of space on your file system.

sudo du / -h|sort -n -r|less

will show you the biggest files of your / at the top of the screen. It is generally related to looking for taken space,

Ruslan Gerasimov
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You can do this graphically in Synaptic. if it is not installed, Install it with the command:

sudo apt install synaptic

then:

  • First ensure that you enabled the Installed Size and Download size columns (or only one if you want that one).
  • To do this, go to Settings>Preferences and choose Columns and Fonts, then tick the columns you want to see.
  • !Then click "OK".

Now whenever you will search package It will show Download size and installed size.

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