> > I think the easiest thing to do is to look in /var/log/apt/history.log > (and its .xx.gz archives) for the list of installed p[ackages, put them > all in one long "apt purge" command and then afterwards run "apt > autoremove" to get rid of any unused dependencies. >
Yes, /var/log/apt/history.log[.gz] indeed log the apt package manager history. But manually selecting for about 100s of packages is to much. I hoped for preexisting shell scripts or some other automated solution as I am not good with shell scripting. One of the good feature of dnf5 is it's history argument. > I don't believe there is any other place that records date of package > installation. > For apt not. But if you use some other package manager like aptitude or synaptic they save logs in different directories.
