I tried

```
apt list --installed 

```

That did give me a long list of all of the applications, but without a description I don't know what I am looking at, so, I don't know what to ignore for now and which to research.

I also tried

```
apt list --installed | wc

```

but, I got the error code apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
After looking over apt in the man pages it appears I cant pipe those command together for some reason.
I also tried combinations of `apt`, `list`, `--installed` with `apt-cache`
but, I failed. I know I am far from skilled, and would appreciate any help.