I'm seeing this in Precise still: dpkg output to show packages are installed: $ sudo dpkg -l | grep fgl ii fglrx-amdcccle-updates 2:8.911-0ubuntu1 Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators ii fglrx-updates 2:8.911-0ubuntu1 Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators Then a fairly non-specific search for fglrx: $ sudo aptitude search fglrx p fglrx - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators p fglrx-amdcccle - Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators p fglrx-amdcccle-updates - Catalyst Control Center for the AMD graphics accelerators v fglrx-control - v fglrx-control - p fglrx-dev - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators (devel files) v fglrx-driver - v fglrx-driver - v fglrx-driver-dev - v fglrx-driver-dev - p fglrx-updates - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators p fglrx-updates-dev - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators (devel files) If I search for fglrx-updates specifically though, it shows up as installed: $ sudo aptitude search fglrx-updates i fglrx-updates - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators p fglrx-updates-dev - Video driver for the AMD graphics accelerators (devel files) System details: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch) Release: 12.04 Codename: precise ~$ dpkg -l | grep aptitude ii aptitude 0.6.5-1ubuntu1 terminal-based package manager (terminal interface only)