Re: history of system
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 11:37 -0400, Ralph Katz wrote:
> On 04/20/2005 09:00 AM, michael wrote:
> > I would have thought this was a FAQ but I cannot find the solution, so
> > all pointers welcome!
> >
> > Q: how do I see the 'history' of my system, such as what was installed
> > by apt-get and when
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> If you work with sudo (sudo apt-get install <package>), your recent
> apt-get commands will be listed in the auth logs; /var/log/auth* .
True, but records of apt-get update/upgrade don't really tell me
much! :)
> As
> others have suggested, aptitude provides an activity log.
>
> I switched to aptitude because it lets you test an
> install/remove/upgrade for breakage /before/ you apply any changes.
> It's also very fast. Synaptic will do this, but requires X.
>
> Regards.
>
>
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Michael Bane
Atmospheric Physics Group
University of Manchester
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