How To Find Out What Was Recently Installed

Ok, we have all upgraded or installed something, and then something disastrous happens. At times like these, it's good to know what and when. Here is how;

rpm -qa --last | more

For me, it gave me these results;

gimp-lang-2.4.0-3.7 Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:50:15 PM MST
gimp-2.4.0-3.7 Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:49:37 PM MST
evince-2.20.0-19.7 Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:48:50 PM MST
libpoppler-qt2-0.6.1-5.3 Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:48:44 PM MST
libpoppler-devel-0.6.1-5.3 Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:48:42 PM MST
libpoppler-glib2-0.6.1-5.3 Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:48:38 PM MST
libpoppler-qt4-2-0.6.1-5.3 Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:48:36 PM MST
libpoppler2-0.6.1-5.3 Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:48:34 PM MST
gnome-applets-devel-2.20.0-44.9 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:47:41 AM MST
epiphany-doc-2.20.1-15.7 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:47:40 AM MST
gnome-applets-2.20.0-44.9 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:47:33 AM MST
planner-devel-0.14.2-43.7 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:47:15 AM MST
python-gnome-extras-2.19.1-5.3 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:47:11 AM MST
inkscape-0.45.1-106.10 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:47:04 AM MST
gedit-2.20.0-15.10 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:46:02 AM MST
dia-0.96.1-41.5 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:45:43 AM MST
epiphany-2.20.1-15.7 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:45:13 AM MST
planner-0.14.2-43.7 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:45:01 AM MST
nautilus-sendto-0.10-73.12 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:44:52 AM MST
xsane-0.995-0.pm.0 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:44:49 AM MST
BitTorrent-gtk-4.0.3-115 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:44:36 AM MST
libpurple-devel-2.4.0-3.2 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:44:33 AM MST
pidgin-2.4.0-3.2 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:44:25 AM MST
python-gtk-devel-2.12.0-22.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:44:13 AM MST
libpurple-2.4.0-3.2 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:44:06 AM MST
tomboy-0.10.0_brainshare08-2.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:43:30 AM MST
f-spot-0.4.1-42.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:42:46 AM MST
f-spot-lang-0.4.1-42.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:41:48 AM MST
tomboy-lang-0.10.0_brainshare08-2.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:41:42 AM MST
silc-toolkit-1.1.6-2.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:41:15 AM MST
python-gtk-2.12.0-22.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:41:05 AM MST
ekiga-2.0.12-1.pm.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:40:49 AM MST
opensuse-updater-gnome-0.4.5-0.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:40:09 AM MST
evolution-pilot-2.12.0-29.6 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:40:02 AM MST
evolution-devel-2.12.0-29.6 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:39:58 AM MST
anjuta-2.2.2-18.10 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:39:44 AM MST
evolution-2.12.0-29.6 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:39:14 AM MST
gnopernicus-devel-1.1.2-128.4 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:38:53 AM MST
gnome-pilot-devel-2.0.15-43.4 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:38:51 AM MST
yelp-2.18.1-58.3 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:38:45 AM MST
deskbar-applet-2.20.0-10.10 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:38:39 AM MST
control-center2-devel-2.20.0-36.5 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:38:33 AM MST
gnome-main-menu-devel-0.9.8-121.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:38:31 AM MST
gnome-main-menu-0.9.8-121.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:38:26 AM MST
gnome-power-manager-2.20.0-29.6 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:38:18 AM MST
gnome-panel-devel-2.20.0-11.4 Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:38:08 AM MST
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Now, i could have continued, but that would have been excessive.

Now, i could have continued, but that would have been excessive.
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That is why you used more

That is why you used more
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Maybe I should use less

You can also do a grep for a particular date. I used Sun 23 Mar 2008.

Here is how I did it.

rpm -qa --last | grep "Sun 23 Mar 2008"

So now you can specify a date.

Awesome... I didn't know this could be done!
Bookmarked!

You can also do a search for a particular package.

rpm -qa --last | grep "kernel"

Which for me, revealed;

rpm -qa --last | grep "kernel"
kernel-xen-2.6.22.17-0.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 07:00:40 AM MST
kernel-default-2.6.22.17-0.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 06:57:46 AM MST
kernel-source-2.6.22.17-0.1 Sun 23 Mar 2008 06:28:47 AM MST
nfs-kernel-server-1.1.0-8 Sun 23 Mar 2008 03:29:30 AM MST
linux-kernel-headers-2.6.22-19 Sun 23 Mar 2008 02:56:33 AM MST
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Don't be afraid of the CLI. Learn a bit of using bash. grep is very powerful, and when you know what a pipe (the | character) does a new world will open up :lol:

rpm -qa --last | grep "kernel"

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The quotes around kernel are not necessary. Once can simply type:

rpm -qa --last | grep kernel

Another example, lets say one is interested in all rpms that start with "kde". On my PC, if I type:

rpm -qa --last | grep kde

I obtain many hits, a lot of which have "kde" in the middle of the rpm name.

As yaloki pointed out to me on the IRC channel, in a case like this one can use:

rpm -qa --last | grep ^kde

which will limit the search to rpms that start with "kde".

As I said, try to put a little bit of time in RTFM. The ^kde and other of these construccts are called 'Regular experssions'. Do man re_synrax to read all about it.

As I said, try to put a little bit of time in RTFM. The ^kde and other of these construccts are called 'Regular experssions'. Do man re_synrax to read all about it.
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Thanks for that "man" suggestion. I think you mean "man re_syntax".

Freudian typo.