Re: Is there an apt-get install log?
There's always deborphan, which looks for packages on which nothing
depends.
apititude seems to somehow keep a list of which packages were installed
because you wanted them, and which packages where installed simply to
satisfy dependancies, and then removes such packages when the packages
they were serving are removed. Personally I think this concept is
fantastic, and that apt-get should have a similar function.
On Tue, 2002-08-06 at 13:22, rich wrote:
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> Jeff wrote:
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> >>
> >>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.
> >
>
> If "apt-cache show" lists libc as a dependency should I remove it? No.
> I don't want to delete something that was installed previously for
> another purpose. It may be OK to do that on a single user PC but not on
> a multi-user server.
> I think I might wrap "apt-get" in a script that tee's and parses the
> output. Or I can run nightly diffs on "dpkg --list" output to at least
> see what's installed with a daily granularity. Anyone have other ideas?
>
> Rich
>
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