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

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Bill Marcum wrote:
> 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.

I use cron-apt to download the updated files overnight, but not install 
them.  In the morning, I run apt-get -u upgrade and I can see what will 
be installed before I let it actually make the changes.

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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com