diff --git a/software/close.cgi b/software/close.cgi
index ea79e3ceb..3a17b7d17 100755
--- a/software/close.cgi
+++ b/software/close.cgi
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ require './software-lib.pl';
 @heiropen = &get_heiropen();
 @heiropen = grep { $_ ne $in{'what'} } @heiropen;
 &save_heiropen(\@heiropen);
-&redirect("tree.cgi#$in{'what'}");
-
+&redirect("tree.cgi#".&urlize($in{'what'}));
diff --git a/software/ipkg-close.cgi b/software/ipkg-close.cgi
index 7ecf25f47..160b3dd39 100755
--- a/software/ipkg-close.cgi
+++ b/software/ipkg-close.cgi
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ require './software-lib.pl';
 @heiropen = &get_heiropen();
 @heiropen = grep { $_ ne $in{'what'} } @heiropen;
 &save_heiropen(\@heiropen);
-&redirect("ipkg-tree.cgi#$in{'what'}");
+&redirect("ipkg-tree.cgi#".&urlize($in{'what'}));
 
diff --git a/software/ipkg-edit_pack.cgi b/software/ipkg-edit_pack.cgi
index 7e6b055c5..e73a8c484 100755
--- a/software/ipkg-edit_pack.cgi
+++ b/software/ipkg-edit_pack.cgi
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ print &ui_buttons_end();
 if ($in{'search'}) {
 	&ui_print_footer("search.cgi?search=$in{'search'}", $text{'search_return'});
 	}
+elsif ($in{'filter'}) {
+	&ui_print_footer("ipkg-tree.cgi?filter=$in{'filter'}#$pinfo[1]", $text{'index_treturn'});
+	}
 else {
 	&ui_print_footer("ipkg-tree.cgi#$pinfo[1]", $text{'index_treturn'});
-	}
-
+}
 
diff --git a/software/ipkg-lib.pl b/software/ipkg-lib.pl
index 612e25b93..01e5364b3 100755
--- a/software/ipkg-lib.pl
+++ b/software/ipkg-lib.pl
@@ -14,40 +14,55 @@ return ("ipkg");
 
 # list_packages([package]*)
 # Fills the array %packages with a list of all packages
-# ipkg extension: if ALL is specified list alos uninstalled packages
+# ipkg extension: if ALL is specified list also uninstalled packages
 sub list_packages
 {
 local $i = 0;
 local $arg = join(" ", map { quotemeta($_) } @_);
-local $cmd = "ipkg list-installed";
-$cmd = "ipkg list" if ($arg eq "ALL");
 %packages = ( );
-&open_execute_command(PKGINFO, $cmd, 1, 1);
+&open_execute_command(PKGINFO, "ipkg info", 1, 1);
+local %temp = ();
 while(<PKGINFO>) {
-		local ($name, $version, $desc) = split(/ - /, $_);
-		$packages{$i,'name'} = "$name";
-		$packages{$i,'version'} = "$version";
-		$packages{$i,'desc'} = "$desc";
-
-		# generate categories from names, lib and x
-		$name =~ m/^([^-0-9]*)/;
-		local $cat= $1;
-		if ($cat =~ m/^(lib|^(gnu)|^(gtk)|^(perl)|^(net)|^ncurses)/i) {
-			$cat=$1;
-		} elsif ($cat =~ /^x|motif/ && $desc =~ /X |Xorg|X11|XDMCP|Xinerama|Athena|Motif/) {
-			$cat = "x11";
-		} elsif ($cat =~ /^x/ && $desc eq "") {
-			$cat = "x";
-		} elsif ($cat =~ /^arc|^bzip|^cpio|^freeze|^gzip|^lha|^lzo|^tar|^upx|^xz|^zip|^zlib|^zoo|^unzip|^unrar/) {
-			$cat = "archiver";
-		} 
-		$packages{$i,'class'} = $cat; 
-		$i++;
+		$_ =~ s/\r|\n//g;
+		if ($_) {
+			local ($param, $val) = split(/: /, $_);
+			$temp{$param}=$val;
+		} else {
+		    next if (! $temp{'Installed-Time'}  && $arg ne "ALL");
+			$packages{$i,'name'} = $temp{'Package'};
+			$packages{$i,'version'} = $temp{'Version'};
+			$packages{$i,'desc'} = $temp{'Description'};
+			$packages{$i,'install'} = $temp{'Installed-Time'};  
+			# generate categories from names, Section
+			$temp{'Package'} =~ m/^(..[^-0-9]*)/;
+			local $cat= $1;
+			if ($temp{'Section'} =~ m/^(audio|editor|media|print|games|shell|sys|utils)/) {
+				$cat=ucfirst($1);
+			} elsif ($cat =~ /^(audio|auto|core|compression|diff|lib|ffmpeg|gnu|gtk|perl|net|ncurses|py)/) {
+				$cat=ucfirst($1);
+			} elsif ($cat =~ /^(amavisd|cyrus|esmtp|fetchmail|imap|mail|mini|mutt|mpop|msmtp|offlineimap|pop|postfix|postgrey|procmail|putmail|up|qpopper|sendmail|xmail)$/ ) {
+				$cat = "Mail";
+			} elsif ($cat =~ /^(arc|bzip|cabextract|cpio|freeze|gzip|lha|lzo|p7zip|tar|upx|unarj|xz|zip|zlib|zoo|unzip|unrar)$/) {
+				$cat = "Compression";
+			} elsif ($cat =~ /^x|motif/ && $desc =~ /X |Xorg|X11|XDMCP|Xinerama|Athena|Motif/) {
+				$cat = "X11";
+			} elsif ($cat =~ /^([^v]+sh|sharutils)$/) {
+				$cat = "Shell";
+			} elsif ($cat =~ /^(ed|gawk|sed|vim)$/) {
+				$cat = "Editor";
+			} elsif ($cat =~ /^(apache|cherokee|hiawatha|lighttpd|minihttpd|mod|thttpd)$|^shell/) {
+				$cat = "Web";
+			} 
+			$packages{$i,'class'} = $cat; 
+			%temp = ();
+			$i++;
+			}
 		}
 close(PKGINFO);
 return $i;
 }
 
+
 # package_info(package)
 # Returns an array of package information in the order
 #  name, class, description, arch, version, vendor, installtime
diff --git a/software/ipkg-open.cgi b/software/ipkg-open.cgi
index c907cfd63..268ea5a82 100755
--- a/software/ipkg-open.cgi
+++ b/software/ipkg-open.cgi
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ require './software-lib.pl';
 @heiropen = &get_heiropen();
 push(@heiropen, $in{'what'});
 &save_heiropen(\@heiropen);
-&redirect("ipkg-tree.cgi#$in{'what'}");
+&redirect("ipkg-tree.cgi#".&urlize($in{'what'}));
 
diff --git a/software/ipkg-tree.cgi b/software/ipkg-tree.cgi
index 365f1f2e4..d547267d4 100755
--- a/software/ipkg-tree.cgi
+++ b/software/ipkg-tree.cgi
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/local/bin/perl
-# tree.cgi
-# Display the package tree
+# ikpg-tree.cgi
+# Display the IPKG package tree
 
 require './software-lib.pl';
 &ReadParse();
@@ -9,12 +9,25 @@ require './software-lib.pl';
 # read package list
 $n = &list_packages("ALL");
 
+# filter array
+if ($in{'filter'}) {
+    for($i=0; $i<$n; $i++) {
+	    if (index($packages{$i, 'name'}, $in{'filter'}) == -1) {
+			$filter++;
+            $packages{$i, 'name'}='';
+            $packages{$i, 'version'}='';
+            $packages{$i, 'desc'}='';
+            $packages{$i, 'class'}='';
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 # prcoess openall / closeall actions
 if ( $in{'mode'} eq "closeall" ) {
   &save_heiropen([ ]);
 }
 
-if ( $in{'mode'} eq "openall" ) {
+if ( $in{'mode'} eq "openall" || $in{'filter'} ) {
   for($i=0; $i<$n; $i++) {
 	@w = split(/\//, $packages{$i,'class'});
 	for($j=0; $j<@w; $j++) {
@@ -30,27 +43,18 @@ $spacer = "&nbsp;"x3;
 for($i=0; $i<$n; $i++) {
 	push(@pack, $packages{$i,'name'});
 	push(@vers, $packages{$i,'version'});
-	#push(@svers, $packages{$i,'shortversion'} ||
-	#	     $packages{$i,'version'});
 	push(@class, $packages{$i,'class'});
 	push(@desc, $packages{$i,'desc'});
+	push(@inst, $packages{$i,'install'});
 	}
 @order = sort { lc($pack[$a]) cmp lc($pack[$b]) } (0 .. $n-1);
 $heir{""} = "";
 foreach $c (sort { $a cmp $b } &unique(@class)) {
+	# note: this is optimize for having only one level!
 	if (!$c) { next; }
-	@w = split(/\//, $c);
+	@w = $c;
 	$p = join('/', @w[0..$#w-1]);		# parent class
-	#if (!defined($heir{$p})) {
-	#	$pp = join('/', @w[0..$#w-2]);	# grandparent class
-	#	$heir{$pp} .= "$p\0";
-	#	$ppp = join('/', @w[0..$#w-3]);	# great-grandparent class
-	#	if ($ppp || 1) {
-	#		$heir{$ppp} .= "$pp\0";
-	#		}
-	#	}
 	$heir{$p} .= "$c\0";
-	#$hasclasses++;
 	}
 
 # get the current open list
@@ -58,15 +62,32 @@ foreach $c (sort { $a cmp $b } &unique(@class)) {
 $heiropen{""} = 1;
 
 # traverse the hierarchy
+print &ui_form_start("ipkg-tree.cgi");
+print &ui_submit($text{'IPKG_filter'});
+print &ui_textbox("filter", $in{'filter'}, 50);
+print &ui_form_end(),"<p>\n";
+
+print &ui_link("ipkg-tree.cgi?mode=closeall", $text{'index_close'});
+print &ui_link("ipkg-tree.cgi?mode=openall", $text{'index_open'});
+if ($in{'filter'}) {
+	print &ui_link("ipkg-tree.cgi", $text{'IPKG_filterclear'});
+	print "&nbsp;&nbsp;", &text('IPKG_filtered',$n-$filter,$n+1), "\n";
+}
 print "<table width=\"95%\">\n";
 &traverse("", 0);
 print "</table>\n";
-#if ($hasclasses) {
-	print &ui_link("ipkg-tree.cgi?mode=closeall", $text{'index_close'});
-    print "\n";
-	print &ui_link("ipkg-tree.cgi?mode=openall", $text{'index_open'});
-    print "<p>\n";
-#	}
+print &ui_form_start("ipkg-tree.cgi");
+print &ui_submit($text{'IPKG_filter'});
+print &ui_textbox("filter", $in{'filter'}, 50);
+print &ui_form_end(),"<p>\n";
+
+print &ui_link("ipkg-tree.cgi?mode=closeall", $text{'index_close'});
+print &ui_link("ipkg-tree.cgi?mode=openall", $text{'index_open'});
+if ($in{'filter'}) {
+	print &ui_link("ipkg-tree.cgi", $text{'IPKG_filterclear'});
+	print "&nbsp;&nbsp;", &text('IPKG_filtered',$n-$filter,$n+1), "\n";
+}
+print "<p>\n";
 
 &ui_print_footer("", $text{'index_return'});
 
@@ -77,11 +98,15 @@ local($s, $act, $i);
 # Show the icon and class name
 print "<tr style=\"border-top: 1px solid lightgrey\"> <td>", $spacer x $_[1];
 if ($_[0]) {
-	print "<a name=\"$_[0]\"></a>\n";
-	$act = $heiropen{$_[0]} ? "close" : "open";
-    my $link = "ipkg-$act.cgi?what=".&urlize($_[0]);
+	if ($in{'filter'}) {
+		print "<img border=0 src='images/close.gif'>";
+	} else {
+		print "<a name=\"$_[0]\"></a>\n";
+		$act = $heiropen{$_[0]} ? "close" : "open";
+		my $link = "ipkg-$act.cgi?what=".&urlize($_[0]);
+		print &ui_link($link, "<img border=0 src='images/$act.gif'>");
+	}
 	$_[0] =~ /([^\/]+)$/;
-	print &ui_link($link, "<img border=0 src='images/$act.gif'>");
     print "&nbsp; $1</td>\n";
 	}
 else {
@@ -93,10 +118,11 @@ if ($heiropen{$_[0]}) {
 	# print packages followed by sub-folders
 	foreach $i (@order) {
 		if ($class[$i] eq $_[0]) {
+			next if ($vers[$i] == '');
 			print "<tr> <td nowrap>", $spacer x ($_[1]+1);
-			print "<img border=0 src=images/pack.gif>&nbsp;\n";
+        	print "<font size=\"+1\" color=\"red\">", ($inst[$i] ? "&#9989;" : "&nbsp;&#10008;&nbsp;"), "</font>";
 			print &ui_link("ipkg-edit_pack.cgi?package=".  &urlize($pack[$i]).
-			      "&version=".  &urlize($vers[$i]),
+			      "&version=".  &urlize($vers[$i]). "&filter=". &urlize($in{'filter'}),
 				  "<b>".&html_escape($pack[$i]. ($vers[$i] ? " $vers[$i]" : ""))."</b>" );
 			print "</td> <td>",&html_escape($desc[$i]),"</td>\n";
 			print "</tr>\n";
diff --git a/software/ipkg_upgrade.cgi b/software/ipkg_upgrade.cgi
index 4f3a7bf4b..5565efea3 100755
--- a/software/ipkg_upgrade.cgi
+++ b/software/ipkg_upgrade.cgi
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ print "<b>",&text('IPKG_updatedesc', "<tt>$cmd</tt>"),"</b><p>\n";
 print "<pre>";
 &additional_log("exec", undef, $cmd);
 &clean_environment();
-open(CMD, "$cmd 2>&1 </dev/null |");
+open(CMD, "($cmd; ipkg list-upgradable) 2>&1 </dev/null |");
 while(<CMD>) {
 	print &html_escape($_);
 	$out .= $_;
diff --git a/software/lang/de b/software/lang/de
index 509cf4a3a..6a64d3a09 100644
--- a/software/lang/de
+++ b/software/lang/de
@@ -414,3 +414,6 @@ IPKG_install_package=Installieren
 IPKG_install_packagedesc=Installiere dieses Paket auf Deinem System
 IPKG_noupgrade=Nichts zu aktualisieren
 IPKG-edit_title=Verwalte IPKG Paket
+IPKG_filter=Filtere Pakete
+IPKG_filterclear=Filter l&ouml;schen
+IPKG_filtered=Es werden <tt>$1</tt> von <tt>$2</tt> Paketen angezeigt
diff --git a/software/lang/en b/software/lang/en
index d7481de9a..4b9db4ad8 100644
--- a/software/lang/en
+++ b/software/lang/en
@@ -446,3 +446,6 @@ IPKG_install_package=Install
 IPKG_install_packagedesc=Install this package on your system
 IPKG_noupgrade=Nothing to upgrade
 IPKG-edit_title=Manage IPKG Package
+IPKG_filter=Filter Packages
+IPKG_filterclear=Clear Filter
+IPKG_filtered=Displaying <tt>$1</tt> packages out of <tt>$2</tt>
diff --git a/software/open.cgi b/software/open.cgi
index d69a9b1d3..c68531a7c 100755
--- a/software/open.cgi
+++ b/software/open.cgi
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ require './software-lib.pl';
 @heiropen = &get_heiropen();
 push(@heiropen, $in{'what'});
 &save_heiropen(\@heiropen);
-&redirect("tree.cgi#$in{'what'}");
+&redirect("tree.cgi#".&urlize($in{'what'}));
 
diff --git a/software/tree.cgi b/software/tree.cgi
index fcad5a8fd..bc468a3da 100755
--- a/software/tree.cgi
+++ b/software/tree.cgi
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ foreach $c (sort { $a cmp $b } &unique(@class)) {
 $heiropen{""} = 1;
 
 # traverse the hierarchy
+if ($hasclasses) {
+	print &ui_link("closeall.cgi", $text{'index_close'});
+    print "\n";
+	print &ui_link("openall.cgi", $text{'index_open'});
+    print "<p>\n";
+	}
 print "<table width=100%>\n";
 &traverse("", 0);
 print "</table>\n";
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ if ($heiropen{$_[0]}) {
 	foreach $i (@order) {
 		if ($class[$i] eq $_[0]) {
 			print "<tr> <td nowrap>", $spacer x ($_[1]+1);
-			print "<img border=0 src=images/pack.gif></a>&nbsp;\n";
+			print "<img border=0 src=images/pack.gif>&nbsp;\n";
 			print &ui_link("edit_pack.cgi?package=".
 			      &urlize($pack[$i])."&version=".
 			      &urlize($vers[$i]), &html_escape($pack[$i].