> How to list all the packages installed in the system and how to list them in > a certain order like from oldest to newest? This topic was dicussed some days ago on the german mailing list. Try this link if you understand any German: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-german/2005/05/msg03038.html if you don't, just download Michelle Konzack's tddebidate-0.3.0.tar.gz from the link above. Hope it helps. Elvis