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I just spent an hour trying to solve dependencies to build freeCAD from their slightly outdated Wiki.



Is there a way to get the packages I installed in the last hour or day with apt-get or aptitude?



My first try was ls -t /var/apt/cache/archive but that list packages with weird dates. for example, one I'm sure Installed just now, python2.7-dev, is listed as "Mar 17 2014". The only thing listed as today are a few security updates I did this morning. And there are dirs there marked from 2006. I didn't even have that install that long ago.



I can't use command line history either because I used a mix of apt-get install and aptitude. also I had several terminals and history got screwy after a while.



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@jmonrio pointed to an excellent answer, but that gives me a ton of packages when i only installed a handful. it does not differentiate from what i asked to be installed from what was installed as part of the dependency chain.



Do I have any hope of getting the minimum install line for that history? i.e. without the automatically included ones.






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    The same question is resolved in AskUbuntu: askubuntu.com/questions/21657/…

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I just spent an hour trying to solve dependencies to build freeCAD from their slightly outdated Wiki.



Is there a way to get the packages I installed in the last hour or day with apt-get or aptitude?



My first try was ls -t /var/apt/cache/archive but that list packages with weird dates. for example, one I'm sure Installed just now, python2.7-dev, is listed as "Mar 17 2014". The only thing listed as today are a few security updates I did this morning. And there are dirs there marked from 2006. I didn't even have that install that long ago.



I can't use command line history either because I used a mix of apt-get install and aptitude. also I had several terminals and history got screwy after a while.



edit:



@jmonrio pointed to an excellent answer, but that gives me a ton of packages when i only installed a handful. it does not differentiate from what i asked to be installed from what was installed as part of the dependency chain.



Do I have any hope of getting the minimum install line for that history? i.e. without the automatically included ones.






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    The same question is resolved in AskUbuntu: askubuntu.com/questions/21657/…

    – jmonrio
    Jan 29 '15 at 9:06














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I just spent an hour trying to solve dependencies to build freeCAD from their slightly outdated Wiki.



Is there a way to get the packages I installed in the last hour or day with apt-get or aptitude?



My first try was ls -t /var/apt/cache/archive but that list packages with weird dates. for example, one I'm sure Installed just now, python2.7-dev, is listed as "Mar 17 2014". The only thing listed as today are a few security updates I did this morning. And there are dirs there marked from 2006. I didn't even have that install that long ago.



I can't use command line history either because I used a mix of apt-get install and aptitude. also I had several terminals and history got screwy after a while.



edit:



@jmonrio pointed to an excellent answer, but that gives me a ton of packages when i only installed a handful. it does not differentiate from what i asked to be installed from what was installed as part of the dependency chain.



Do I have any hope of getting the minimum install line for that history? i.e. without the automatically included ones.






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I just spent an hour trying to solve dependencies to build freeCAD from their slightly outdated Wiki.



Is there a way to get the packages I installed in the last hour or day with apt-get or aptitude?



My first try was ls -t /var/apt/cache/archive but that list packages with weird dates. for example, one I'm sure Installed just now, python2.7-dev, is listed as "Mar 17 2014". The only thing listed as today are a few security updates I did this morning. And there are dirs there marked from 2006. I didn't even have that install that long ago.



I can't use command line history either because I used a mix of apt-get install and aptitude. also I had several terminals and history got screwy after a while.



edit:



@jmonrio pointed to an excellent answer, but that gives me a ton of packages when i only installed a handful. it does not differentiate from what i asked to be installed from what was installed as part of the dependency chain.



Do I have any hope of getting the minimum install line for that history? i.e. without the automatically included ones.






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    The same question is resolved in AskUbuntu: askubuntu.com/questions/21657/…

    – jmonrio
    Jan 29 '15 at 9:06














  • 2





    The same question is resolved in AskUbuntu: askubuntu.com/questions/21657/…

    – jmonrio
    Jan 29 '15 at 9:06








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The same question is resolved in AskUbuntu: askubuntu.com/questions/21657/…

– jmonrio
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The same question is resolved in AskUbuntu: askubuntu.com/questions/21657/…

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Take a look at this answer:



Command to list recently installed packages that were installed via any method (apt-get, Software Center et al.):



grep " install " /var/log/dpkg.log


You could run this command to list only the recently installed package names,



awk '$3~/^install$/ {print $4;}' /var/log/dpkg.log





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    this still shows all the installed dependencies, but i think this is the best that we can get.

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If you use sudo to start apt or aptitude, all commands are written to /var/log/auth.log. So a grep apt /var/log/auth.log should give you the commands. In my case (Debian), grep '/usr/bin/apt' auth.log* | awk '{print $15}' returned all apt/aptitude commands neatly. Adjust accordingly. Good luck!






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  • but as i said, history alone is not enough because some packages where selected in the graphic mode of apitude

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Take a look at this answer:



Command to list recently installed packages that were installed via any method (apt-get, Software Center et al.):



grep " install " /var/log/dpkg.log


You could run this command to list only the recently installed package names,



awk '$3~/^install$/ {print $4;}' /var/log/dpkg.log





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    this still shows all the installed dependencies, but i think this is the best that we can get.

    – gcb
    Feb 1 '15 at 1:41
















6














Take a look at this answer:



Command to list recently installed packages that were installed via any method (apt-get, Software Center et al.):



grep " install " /var/log/dpkg.log


You could run this command to list only the recently installed package names,



awk '$3~/^install$/ {print $4;}' /var/log/dpkg.log





share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    this still shows all the installed dependencies, but i think this is the best that we can get.

    – gcb
    Feb 1 '15 at 1:41














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Take a look at this answer:



Command to list recently installed packages that were installed via any method (apt-get, Software Center et al.):



grep " install " /var/log/dpkg.log


You could run this command to list only the recently installed package names,



awk '$3~/^install$/ {print $4;}' /var/log/dpkg.log





share|improve this answer















Take a look at this answer:



Command to list recently installed packages that were installed via any method (apt-get, Software Center et al.):



grep " install " /var/log/dpkg.log


You could run this command to list only the recently installed package names,



awk '$3~/^install$/ {print $4;}' /var/log/dpkg.log






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    this still shows all the installed dependencies, but i think this is the best that we can get.

    – gcb
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    this still shows all the installed dependencies, but i think this is the best that we can get.

    – gcb
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this still shows all the installed dependencies, but i think this is the best that we can get.

– gcb
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this still shows all the installed dependencies, but i think this is the best that we can get.

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If you use sudo to start apt or aptitude, all commands are written to /var/log/auth.log. So a grep apt /var/log/auth.log should give you the commands. In my case (Debian), grep '/usr/bin/apt' auth.log* | awk '{print $15}' returned all apt/aptitude commands neatly. Adjust accordingly. Good luck!






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  • but as i said, history alone is not enough because some packages where selected in the graphic mode of apitude

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    Jan 30 '15 at 22:59
















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If you use sudo to start apt or aptitude, all commands are written to /var/log/auth.log. So a grep apt /var/log/auth.log should give you the commands. In my case (Debian), grep '/usr/bin/apt' auth.log* | awk '{print $15}' returned all apt/aptitude commands neatly. Adjust accordingly. Good luck!






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  • but as i said, history alone is not enough because some packages where selected in the graphic mode of apitude

    – gcb
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If you use sudo to start apt or aptitude, all commands are written to /var/log/auth.log. So a grep apt /var/log/auth.log should give you the commands. In my case (Debian), grep '/usr/bin/apt' auth.log* | awk '{print $15}' returned all apt/aptitude commands neatly. Adjust accordingly. Good luck!






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If you use sudo to start apt or aptitude, all commands are written to /var/log/auth.log. So a grep apt /var/log/auth.log should give you the commands. In my case (Debian), grep '/usr/bin/apt' auth.log* | awk '{print $15}' returned all apt/aptitude commands neatly. Adjust accordingly. Good luck!







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