Thanks for the info.
I'll post to correct list next time.
TIA.
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> wrote:
> 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 debian-dpkg@l.d.o is not the right list for such user support questions.
> Please use debian-user@lists.debian.org next time.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Raphaël Hertzog
>
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