Re: packages status
On Wed, 01 Jan 2014 10:12:07 +0700
Diogene Laerce <me_buss777@yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
> >> Is there a simple way to get the list of packages installed since
> >> the fresh
> >> installation of deby ?
> >>
> >> I saw etckeeper in the doc (it's a bit late for that :( ) and I
> >> know I can
> >> go through the logs : /var/log/dpkg.log, /var/log/apt/term.log,
> >> /var/log/aptitude but Christmas was only 7 days ago, maybe someone
> >> has the miracle recipe ?
> > http://superuser.com/questions/132614/how-to-list-manually-installed-software-packages-in-ubuntu
> >
> > You can save a list of installed packages on the old machine with
> > the command|dpkg --get-selections > ~/packages|and then restore it
> > on the new one with|sudo dpkg --set-selections < ~/packages|
>
> Yes thanks. I know this one but it returns all installed packages : I
> need all
> packages since installation. ;)
>
If you run X, then Synaptic gives a slightly easier way of reading the
logs, with a simple search. See File->History.
If it has to be a real list of packages since xxx date, then I think
you need to write a script to parse the log files.
--
Joe
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