When package was installed

[raleigh3]

I would like to find out WHEN pm-utils was installed.

I looked thru PPM but could not find install date.

[DuckHook]

_P=pm-utils && (cat /var/log/dpkg.log{,.1};zcat /var/log/dpkg.log.*.gz) | egrep --text "^[^ ]* [^ ]* (configure|install|remove|status [^ ]*|trigproc|upgrade) $_P[: ]" | sort --reverse | less

There is no guarantee this will return any results. It goes through the dpkg logs grepping for pm-utils, then sorts them in chronological order. Results are displayed using less. Problem is, dpkg logs are rotated out after 14 iterations (including the gzipped ones). So, if your install was before the oldest log date, it won't show you a result.

[vasa1]

... Problem is, dpkg logs are rotated out after 14 iterations (including the gzipped ones). So, if your install was before the oldest log date, it won't show you a result.

By the way, the dpkg-related logrotate file is /etc/logrotate.d/dpkg. Mine has

/var/log/dpkg.log {
	monthly
	rotate 60
	compress
	delaycompress
	missingok
	notifempty
	create 644 root root
}
/var/log/alternatives.log {
	monthly
	rotate 60
	compress
	delaycompress
	missingok
	notifempty
	create 644 root root
}

[raleigh3]

thanks. It found that package.

[vasa1]

zgrep "status installed package_name" /var/log/dpkg.log*

will list all the dates, from newest to oldest, on which package_name was installed.

As DuckHook pointed out, the results depend on how many logs are present.

[raleigh3]

Thanks guys for the info.

I had rotate 12 in my dpkg.