How can I get a log of the updates I installed recently?
I want to get a log of the updates I installed in my Ubuntu 18.04 recently (say last month) using apt-get upgrade and apt-get update. Is there any way?
18.04 upgrade updates
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I want to get a log of the updates I installed in my Ubuntu 18.04 recently (say last month) using apt-get upgrade and apt-get update. Is there any way?
18.04 upgrade updates
asked Dec 9 at 17:32
user9371654
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See/var/log/apt/history.logand the*.gzfiles therein.
– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 17:39
It shows only this month. What if I want last month (Nov.)?
– user9371654
Dec 9 at 17:41
Look into the *.gz files. See my answer below.
– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 18:24
See also serverfault.com/questions/175504/…
– whamalai
Dec 9 at 20:17
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I want to get a log of the updates I installed in my Ubuntu 18.04 recently (say last month) using apt-get upgrade and apt-get update. Is there any way?
18.04 upgrade updates
asked Dec 9 at 17:32
user9371654
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I want to get a log of the updates I installed in my Ubuntu 18.04 recently (say last month) using apt-get upgrade and apt-get update. Is there any way?
18.04 upgrade updates
18.04 upgrade updates
asked Dec 9 at 17:32
user9371654
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asked Dec 9 at 17:32
user9371654
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asked Dec 9 at 17:32
user9371654
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asked Dec 9 at 17:32
user9371654
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asked Dec 9 at 17:32
user9371654
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See/var/log/apt/history.logand the*.gzfiles therein.
– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 17:39
It shows only this month. What if I want last month (Nov.)?
– user9371654
Dec 9 at 17:41
Look into the *.gz files. See my answer below.
– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 18:24
See also serverfault.com/questions/175504/…
– whamalai
Dec 9 at 20:17
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See/var/log/apt/history.logand the*.gzfiles therein.
– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 17:39
It shows only this month. What if I want last month (Nov.)?
– user9371654
Dec 9 at 17:41
Look into the *.gz files. See my answer below.
– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 18:24
See also serverfault.com/questions/175504/…
– whamalai
Dec 9 at 20:17
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/var/log/apt/history.log and the *.gz files therein.– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 17:39
See
/var/log/apt/history.log and the *.gz files therein.– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 17:39
It shows only this month. What if I want last month (Nov.)?
– user9371654
Dec 9 at 17:41
It shows only this month. What if I want last month (Nov.)?
– user9371654
Dec 9 at 17:41
Look into the *.gz files. See my answer below.
– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 18:24
Look into the *.gz files. See my answer below.
– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 18:24
See also serverfault.com/questions/175504/…
– whamalai
Dec 9 at 20:17
See also serverfault.com/questions/175504/…
– whamalai
Dec 9 at 20:17
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The history of the commands apt, apt-get and the like is stored
in the directory /var/log/apt in the file history.log:
pduck@host > cd /var/log/apt
pduck@host > ls -l history*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3312 Dez 8 16:10 history.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3863 Mär 2 2018 history.log.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28259 Feb 2 2018 history.log.11.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3994 Nov 29 20:21 history.log.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1618 Nov 2 19:06 history.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 421 Sep 22 14:03 history.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908 Aug 31 16:06 history.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1654 Jul 29 12:22 history.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2298 Jun 30 18:34 history.log.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2227 Jun 1 2018 history.log.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2438 Apr 28 2018 history.log.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4369 Mär 31 2018 history.log.9.gz
The file history.log is the current logfile. It gets rotated
by the logrotate job in /etc/logrotate.d/apt once a month and
kept for 12 months:
/var/log/apt/history.log {
rotate 12
monthly
compress
missingok
notifempty
}
To view logs from previous months look into the *.N.gz files,
e.g.:
zless /var/log/apt/history.log.1.gz
(No need to unzip them first, zless (and zgrep) does this under the hood.)
answered Dec 9 at 18:23
PerlDuck
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Another route is to examine /var/log/dpkg.log and its archives:
zgrep "2018-11.* status installed" /var/log/dpkg.log* | sort -t- -k2 -r
Notes:
- This command will also include packages that were already installed on your system but updated in the month of November 2018. Change
2018-11to whatever other period you wish to examine. - You can increase the number of archives saved on your system by following https://askubuntu.com/a/421072/248158.
answered Dec 10 at 5:47
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The history of the commands apt, apt-get and the like is stored
in the directory /var/log/apt in the file history.log:
pduck@host > cd /var/log/apt
pduck@host > ls -l history*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3312 Dez 8 16:10 history.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3863 Mär 2 2018 history.log.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28259 Feb 2 2018 history.log.11.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3994 Nov 29 20:21 history.log.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1618 Nov 2 19:06 history.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 421 Sep 22 14:03 history.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908 Aug 31 16:06 history.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1654 Jul 29 12:22 history.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2298 Jun 30 18:34 history.log.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2227 Jun 1 2018 history.log.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2438 Apr 28 2018 history.log.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4369 Mär 31 2018 history.log.9.gz
The file history.log is the current logfile. It gets rotated
by the logrotate job in /etc/logrotate.d/apt once a month and
kept for 12 months:
/var/log/apt/history.log {
rotate 12
monthly
compress
missingok
notifempty
}
To view logs from previous months look into the *.N.gz files,
e.g.:
zless /var/log/apt/history.log.1.gz
(No need to unzip them first, zless (and zgrep) does this under the hood.)
answered Dec 9 at 18:23
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The history of the commands apt, apt-get and the like is stored
in the directory /var/log/apt in the file history.log:
pduck@host > cd /var/log/apt
pduck@host > ls -l history*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3312 Dez 8 16:10 history.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3863 Mär 2 2018 history.log.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28259 Feb 2 2018 history.log.11.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3994 Nov 29 20:21 history.log.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1618 Nov 2 19:06 history.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 421 Sep 22 14:03 history.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908 Aug 31 16:06 history.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1654 Jul 29 12:22 history.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2298 Jun 30 18:34 history.log.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2227 Jun 1 2018 history.log.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2438 Apr 28 2018 history.log.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4369 Mär 31 2018 history.log.9.gz
The file history.log is the current logfile. It gets rotated
by the logrotate job in /etc/logrotate.d/apt once a month and
kept for 12 months:
/var/log/apt/history.log {
rotate 12
monthly
compress
missingok
notifempty
}
To view logs from previous months look into the *.N.gz files,
e.g.:
zless /var/log/apt/history.log.1.gz
(No need to unzip them first, zless (and zgrep) does this under the hood.)
answered Dec 9 at 18:23
PerlDuck
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The history of the commands apt, apt-get and the like is stored
in the directory /var/log/apt in the file history.log:
pduck@host > cd /var/log/apt
pduck@host > ls -l history*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3312 Dez 8 16:10 history.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3863 Mär 2 2018 history.log.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28259 Feb 2 2018 history.log.11.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3994 Nov 29 20:21 history.log.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1618 Nov 2 19:06 history.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 421 Sep 22 14:03 history.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908 Aug 31 16:06 history.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1654 Jul 29 12:22 history.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2298 Jun 30 18:34 history.log.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2227 Jun 1 2018 history.log.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2438 Apr 28 2018 history.log.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4369 Mär 31 2018 history.log.9.gz
The file history.log is the current logfile. It gets rotated
by the logrotate job in /etc/logrotate.d/apt once a month and
kept for 12 months:
/var/log/apt/history.log {
rotate 12
monthly
compress
missingok
notifempty
}
To view logs from previous months look into the *.N.gz files,
e.g.:
zless /var/log/apt/history.log.1.gz
(No need to unzip them first, zless (and zgrep) does this under the hood.)
answered Dec 9 at 18:23
PerlDuck
5,17911231
The history of the commands apt, apt-get and the like is stored
in the directory /var/log/apt in the file history.log:
pduck@host > cd /var/log/apt
pduck@host > ls -l history*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3312 Dez 8 16:10 history.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3863 Mär 2 2018 history.log.10.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28259 Feb 2 2018 history.log.11.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3994 Nov 29 20:21 history.log.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1618 Nov 2 19:06 history.log.2.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 421 Sep 22 14:03 history.log.3.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 908 Aug 31 16:06 history.log.4.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1654 Jul 29 12:22 history.log.5.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2298 Jun 30 18:34 history.log.6.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2227 Jun 1 2018 history.log.7.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2438 Apr 28 2018 history.log.8.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4369 Mär 31 2018 history.log.9.gz
The file history.log is the current logfile. It gets rotated
by the logrotate job in /etc/logrotate.d/apt once a month and
kept for 12 months:
/var/log/apt/history.log {
rotate 12
monthly
compress
missingok
notifempty
}
To view logs from previous months look into the *.N.gz files,
e.g.:
zless /var/log/apt/history.log.1.gz
(No need to unzip them first, zless (and zgrep) does this under the hood.)
answered Dec 9 at 18:23
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Another route is to examine /var/log/dpkg.log and its archives:
zgrep "2018-11.* status installed" /var/log/dpkg.log* | sort -t- -k2 -r
Notes:
- This command will also include packages that were already installed on your system but updated in the month of November 2018. Change
2018-11to whatever other period you wish to examine. - You can increase the number of archives saved on your system by following https://askubuntu.com/a/421072/248158.
answered Dec 10 at 5:47
DK Bose
12.9k123983
add a comment |
Another route is to examine /var/log/dpkg.log and its archives:
zgrep "2018-11.* status installed" /var/log/dpkg.log* | sort -t- -k2 -r
Notes:
- This command will also include packages that were already installed on your system but updated in the month of November 2018. Change
2018-11to whatever other period you wish to examine. - You can increase the number of archives saved on your system by following https://askubuntu.com/a/421072/248158.
answered Dec 10 at 5:47
DK Bose
12.9k123983
add a comment |
Another route is to examine /var/log/dpkg.log and its archives:
zgrep "2018-11.* status installed" /var/log/dpkg.log* | sort -t- -k2 -r
Notes:
- This command will also include packages that were already installed on your system but updated in the month of November 2018. Change
2018-11to whatever other period you wish to examine. - You can increase the number of archives saved on your system by following https://askubuntu.com/a/421072/248158.
answered Dec 10 at 5:47
DK Bose
12.9k123983
Another route is to examine /var/log/dpkg.log and its archives:
zgrep "2018-11.* status installed" /var/log/dpkg.log* | sort -t- -k2 -r
Notes:
- This command will also include packages that were already installed on your system but updated in the month of November 2018. Change
2018-11to whatever other period you wish to examine. - You can increase the number of archives saved on your system by following https://askubuntu.com/a/421072/248158.
answered Dec 10 at 5:47
DK Bose
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answered Dec 10 at 5:47
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/var/log/apt/history.logand the*.gzfiles therein.– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 17:39
It shows only this month. What if I want last month (Nov.)?
– user9371654
Dec 9 at 17:41
Look into the *.gz files. See my answer below.
– PerlDuck
Dec 9 at 18:24
See also serverfault.com/questions/175504/…
– whamalai
Dec 9 at 20:17