ps aux | grep -e [a]pt -e [d]pkg


root     13438  0.0  1.9  12988 10008 ?        S    16:34   0:00 apt-get install sun-java5-bin
root     13445  0.0  0.2   4648  1492 ?        S    16:34   0:00 /usr/lib/apt/methods/cdrom
root     13513  0.0  3.5  20584 18152 ?        S    16:39   0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 15 --unpack /var/cache/apt/archives/java-common_0.25_all.deb /cdrom//pool/main/libt/libtool/libltdl3_1.5.22-4_i386.deb /cdrom//pool/main/u/unixodbc/odbcinst1debian1_2.2.11-13_i386.deb /cdrom//pool/main/u/unixodbc/unixodbc_2.2.11-13_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java5-bin_1.5.0-10-3_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java5-jre_1.5.0-10-3_all.deb
root     13557  0.0  2.0  13060 10444 ?        S    16:40   0:04 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst install
root     13563  0.0  0.2   3652  1308 ?        S    16:40   0:00 /bin/sh -e /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst install