On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:14:30 -0600, Mike Iowa wrote: > I have done extensive searches and have found no answers for finding out > the following information from Debian systems. > > 1. I would like to be able to tell when a package was installed.
Far from perfect, but you can get some info under "/var/lib/dpkg/info/ *.list". Quick example: I installed "mail-notification", but when? s...@stt008:~$ ls /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list -lh | grep mail-notification -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4,4K nov 15 17:23 /var/lib/dpkg/info/mail- notification.list That shows November 15th at 17:23. > 2. I would also like to be able to look at (any) Debian or Debian-based > system and tell when the operating system was originally installed. The bootloader creation filestamp can help. s...@stt008:/boot/grub$ ls -l /boot/grub/menu.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4888 nov 14 20:21 /boot/grub/menu.lst (...) > Preferably it would work with the base installation of any Debian > system. I would like it to be more concrete than a file or directory > listing. Given that can change for any > number of reasons. Yep, looking up files timestamps it's not "bullet-proof" but in some scenarios can be a bit useful :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org