Re: installation date

[Carlos Sousa <csousa@tvtel.pt>]

On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:53:24 +0100 Jan Willem Stumpel wrote:
> Carlos Sousa wrote:
> > ... a little script run by cron every day that generates a list of all
> > installed packages, compares with the list generated in the previous
> > run, and adds the changes, duly timestamped, to a history file.
> 
> An ingenious idea...
> 
> In the meantime I found another trick which works if you use
> apt-get, and do not clean the cache very often:
> 
>    ls -lt --time=use /var/cache/apt/archives|less
> 
> The --time=use gives the time when the archives were last used,
> i.e. installed, instead of the date there were packaged.

Wouldn't work for me, I do have to clean the cache often due to somewhat
limited disk space, and anyway I want a permanent registry of package
installs/removals.

But perhaps your suggestion could help the OP in his present predicament.

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Carlos Sousa
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