On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Max Bowsher wrote: > Budding Mechanic wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there a way to find out when a package was installed? > > > > I didn't see any options for --showformat, but I might have missed it. > > > > I'm trying to find all the pkgs added to my Ubuntu system since > > installing it from CD. > > That information isn't explicitly stored anywhere, AFAIK. I suspect the > best that you can do is to look at the mtimes of the > /var/lib/dpkg/info/<packagename>.list files which ought to be a > reasonable guide of when the package was last installed or upgraded.
Or you can read /var/log/dpkg.log or /var/log/aptitude... But [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not the right list for such user support questions. Please use [EMAIL PROTECTED] next time. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
