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buccaneere
July 18th, 2008, 07:32 AM
Where is it in my machine? I need to start un-installing updates to solve page loading problems...

Thanks!

ed.:
I found this (attached). Do I just mark each one for un-installation in synaptic, until I find the problem?

Thanks again...

Partyboi2
July 18th, 2008, 07:44 AM
You can view installed, upgraded and removed package history in synaptic under file>history

kaligus
July 19th, 2008, 03:00 AM
You can view installed, upgraded and removed package history in synaptic under file>history

Thanks that solved half of my issues without my having to ask ;)

But is there a way to make the history available in a spreadsheet or similar so one can compare several machines?

Partyboi2
July 19th, 2008, 04:40 AM
Thanks that solved half of my issues without my having to ask ;)

But is there a way to make the history available in a spreadsheet or similar so one can compare several machines?
You could try

dpkg --get-selections> history.txt
sudo dpkg --set-selections< history.txt
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade*change history to what ever you want to call it.
You can then view the history in a text file.
Another one you could try is

sudo cat /var/log/apt/term.log > history.txt

kaligus
July 19th, 2008, 06:44 AM
Thanks :) I had previously read about that trick, and it didnt make the light bulb in my light up.

Is there a way to get versions of all of those packages, that actually is what I am after. Making sure several machines are equally updated.

My appologies for only half asking my question DOOhhhh!

Partyboi2
July 19th, 2008, 07:09 AM
you could try

dpkg -l |more

kaligus
July 19th, 2008, 11:18 AM
you could try

dpkg -l |more
that did the trick thank you so much :)

pausing to re-read the dpkg manual to see how I missed it first time through