Re: Is there an apt-get install log?

[Jeff <jcoppock1@attbi.com>]

rich, 2002-Aug-06 12:54 -0400:
> 
> All,
> 
> Is there a log anywhere that has a list of packages installed and
> their install dates?
> If not, what is a good way to completely back out of a package and
> all the installed dependencies?

The only way I know of to do this is to use "apt-cache show <package>"
to see what the dependancies are for a package and then list them all
in a purge command string.  That will remove the package and purge all
the config files and directories associated with it.  For example:

# apt-get remove --purge package1 package2 package3

will purge all three packages and in the right order since package1
depends on package2, and package2 depends on package 3.

jc

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