Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?

[bmarcum@iglou.com (Bill Marcum)]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 07:08:24PM +0100, Sonixxfx wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and
> removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like
> to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
If you use aptitude, the syntax is almost exactly the same, and it logs 
its actions in /var/log/aptitude.  Running upgrades from cron is risky, 
you might try the "-s" option, which tells what would be installed and 
removed without actually doing it.


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