Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
If you want to know the current installed packages in cronological order use tddebidate (Coded in BASH and packed as DEB, attached) Greetings Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant Am 2006-01-22 19:08:24, schrieb Sonixxfx: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. Thanks for your help. Regards, Ben - END OF REPLYED MESSAGE - -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ # Debian GNU/Linux Consultant # Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/8845235667100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) tddebidate_0.4.3-6_all.deb Description: application/debian-package
Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
Bill Marcum wrote: On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 07:08:24PM +0100, Sonixxfx wrote: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. Thanks for your help. If you use aptitude, the syntax is almost exactly the same, and it logs its actions in /var/log/aptitude. Running upgrades from cron is risky, you might try the -s option, which tells what would be installed and removed without actually doing it. I use cron-apt to download the updated files overnight, but not install them. In the morning, I run apt-get -u upgrade and I can see what will be installed before I let it actually make the changes. -- Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
Everyone thanks for your help. I think aptitude is the most appropiate for me. What is the problem with updating from cron? I don't mind which packages are updated as long as they are up to date, as I am running a web server. Are there certain packages that can break my system pherhaps? Is it a bit better to run apt-get upgrade than apt-get dist-upgrade when I am updating automaticly anyhow? Thanks Benp.s. sorry for mailing directly to you Mark 2006/1/23, Marc Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bill Marcum wrote: On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 07:08:24PM +0100, Sonixxfx wrote:Hi,Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs andremoves? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards.Thanks for your help. If you use aptitude, the syntax is almost exactly the same, and it logs its actions in /var/log/aptitude.Running upgrades from cron is risky, you might try the -s option, which tells what would be installed and removed without actually doing it.I use cron-apt to download the updated files overnight, but not install them.In the morning, I run apt-get -u upgrade and I can see what willbe installed before I let it actually make the changes.--Marc Shapiro[EMAIL PROTECTED] --To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:12:10 +0100 Sonixxfx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone thanks for your help. I think aptitude is the most appropiate for me. What is the problem with updating from cron? I don't mind which packages are updated as long as they are up to date, as I am running a web server. Are there certain packages that can break my system pherhaps? Is it a bit better to run apt-get upgrade than apt-get dist-upgrade when I am updating automaticly anyhow? [snip] Don't remember what you are running (stable, testing, ...), but considering you run stable without changing your apt preferences a dist-upgrade will upgrade you to 'etch' when it will be release. While at first this seems like a good idea, such a major change should not be done unattended. Automatically upgrading with stable is not so dangerous as it would be with testing or unstable, as you get only security updates. But you never know... And the logging is a good idea. Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
Thanks Andrei. >From now I am propably going to use 'aptitude upgrade' (I will have to learn how aptitude works) from cron. When things go wrong I have a (mondo) image from my system so that I can restore my system quickly when that would be nessesarry. Regards, Ben 2006/1/23, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:12:10 +0100Sonixxfx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone thanks for your help. I think aptitude is the most appropiate for me. What is the problem with updating from cron? I don't mind which packages are updated as long as they are up to date, as I am running a web server. Are there certain packages that can break my system pherhaps? Is it a bit better to run apt-get upgrade than apt-get dist-upgrade when I am updating automaticly anyhow?[snip]Don't remember what you are running (stable, testing, ...), but considering you run stable without changing your apt preferences a dist-upgrade will upgrade you to 'etch' when it will be release. While at first this seems like a good idea, such a major change should not be done unattended. Automatically upgrading with stable is not so dangerous as it would be with testing or unstable, as you get only security updates. But you never know... And the logging is a good idea.Andrei--If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)--To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
On 2006-01-22 19:08:24, Sonixxfx wrote: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. I don't know about apt-get, but aptitude has a log file in /var/log/aptitude. Felix -- Felix C. Stegerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. -- R. Kulawiec -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
Sonixxfx: Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? aptitude logs its actions. apt-get doesn't. But may may already be happy with dpkg's logging mechanism. Caveat: dpkg in unstable doesn't log yet. I don't know about aptitude in stable. I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron [...] I wouldn't do that. J. -- I am worried that my dreams pale in comparison beside TV docu-soaps. [Agree] [Disagree] http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
Sonixxfx([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. Thanks for your help. Regards, Ben I use this #!/bin/sh # Written by Larry Holish, [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Script that writes current list of packages installed # from /var/lib/dpkg/available to pkgs_sarge.current. # Keeps a history of changes between package versions # in etch_history.txt. LISTDIR= (Directory you want the history saved to) cd $LISTDIR if [ -f 'sarge_history.txt.gz' ]; then gunzip etch_history.txt.gz fi if [ -f 'pkgs_etch.current' ]; then mv pkgs_etch.current pkgs_sarge.last fi COLUMNS=120 dpkg -l | grep ^i | cut -b 5- pkgs_etch.current diff -C 0 pkgs_etch.last pkgs_etch.current etch_history.txt gzip etch_history.txt rm -f pkgs_etch.last echo Updating Package list at (Directory you want the history saved to) ___ Run it after each update/upgrade Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
Felix C. Stegerman wrote: On 2006-01-22 19:08:24, Sonixxfx wrote: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. I don't know about apt-get, but aptitude has a log file in /var/log/aptitude. Felix Install apt-history, it's the best thng since sliced bread... do the following. 1. add the following to your sources.list deb-src http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main 2. do an apt-get update 3. as root mkdir /root/debs cd debs apt-get build-dep apt-history apt-get -b source apt-history 4. All that is left then is to do: dpkg -i apt-history_0.1-1_all.deb I don't backport to much but I install this on all my debian servers and workstations. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to track what packages apt-get installs and removes?
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 07:08:24PM +0100, Sonixxfx wrote: Hi, Can someone tell me how I can track what packages apt-get installs and removes? I occasianally run apt-get dist-upgrade from cron and I would like to know what has been installed and removed by apt-get afterwards. Thanks for your help. If you use aptitude, the syntax is almost exactly the same, and it logs its actions in /var/log/aptitude. Running upgrades from cron is risky, you might try the -s option, which tells what would be installed and removed without actually doing it. -- Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
