Hello. I am using Yet another Software Tool 2 (YaST2) in an openSUSE-12.1, Linux operating system. I want to see a list of all of the openSUSE-12.1 updates I installed on a certain date. How may I see such a list of update names and dates of their installations, preferably one I can have sorted according to the date of installation? I didn’t see a column for the date of installation of software packages on YaST2’s “Installation Summary” tab.
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:36:03 +0000, 2009Newbie wrote:
> Hello. I am using Yet another Software Tool 2 (YaST2) in an
> openSUSE-12.1, Linux operating system. I want to see a list of all of
> the openSUSE-12.1 updates I installed on a certain date. How may I see
> such a list of update names and dates of their installations, preferably
> one I can have sorted according to the date of installation? I didn’t
> see a column for the date of installation of software packages on
> YaST2’s “Installation Summary” tab.
There isn’t one that I know of, but you can run the following commands:
su -
rpm --last
That’ll give you the packages installed in reverse order, and you can
filter that list to see what was installed on the date in question.
Jim
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/var/log/zypp/history
Lists all package changes by date
Hi
/var/log/zypp/history shows date,time, type and package etc.
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Neat log file ! 
Is that only for apps managed by zypper ? Or does it also include rpm install/removals (where zypper not used). My guess is the former.
On 02/13/2012 07:56 AM, oldcpu wrote:
> Is that only for apps managed by zypper ? Or does it also include rpm
> install/removals (where zypper not used). My guess is the former.
here (in 11.4) it seems to log all including those processed by zypper,
YaST Software Management, and YaST Online Update…
what i can’t see is if it also records those installed/uninstalled with
the rpm command…but, i’d guess it does not…
however, this OP states “using…YaST2” so, zypp history should be enough…
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On 2012-02-13 06:27, Jim Henderson wrote:
> su -
> rpm --last
And the line can be complicated to include all kind of extra information.
And import the list into calc. I’ll post if interested.
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Carlos E. R.
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I write you “Thank you” to all of you who kindly posted something here in this thread. I found an answer this way in the Lightweight X11 (X Windows System, version 11) Desktop Environment (LXDE) in the openSUSE-12.1, Linux operating system:
Click on the image of the green lizard or iguana, System, LXDE Control Center, YaST2…, Software Management, Extras menu, Show History.
The installations of updates and/or software packages were arranged in the right-hand pane of the ensuing window and grouped according to their dates of installations from the earliest to the latest installation dates.
On 02/13/2012 03:26 PM, 2009Newbie wrote:
> Click on the image of the green lizard or iguana, System, LXDE Control
> Center, YaST2…, Software Management, Extras menu, Show History.
hmmmm…i begin with YaST2 > Software Management > Extras menu but there
is no “Show History”
hmmm… i have yast2 version 2.20.12-3.2-i586, which do you have?
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DenverD wrote:
> On 02/13/2012 03:26 PM, 2009Newbie wrote:
>> Click on the image of the green lizard or iguana, System, LXDE Control
>> Center, YaST2…, Software Management, Extras menu, Show History.
>
> hmmmm…i begin with YaST2 > Software Management > Extras menu but there
> is no “Show History”
>
> hmmm… i have yast2 version 2.20.12-3.2-i586, which do you have?
>
Shows up on 12.1 (yast 2.21.##) but not 11.4 - looks like a new (and
unheralded) feature of 12.1.
On 02/13/2012 05:26 PM, caf4926 wrote:
>
> 1. ‘SUSE Paste’ (http://paste.opensuse.org/22470166)
> 2. ‘SUSE Paste’ (http://paste.opensuse.org/19485574)
as said: there is no “Show History”
see URL: http://paste.opensuse.org/83272250
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I have
yast2-2.21.24-2.1.2.x86_64
On 02/13/2012 06:16 PM, caf4926 wrote:
>
> I have
> yast2-2.21.24…
i guess that will be the difference then
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On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:55:13 +0000, malcolmlewis wrote:
> Hi /var/log/zypp/history shows date,time, type and package etc.
Cool, didn’t know about that one.
Jim
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On 2012-02-13 18:03, DenverD wrote:
> as said: there is no “Show History”
Try the gnome version of yast, it has it in plain 11.4.
Trick: “yast2 --gtk sw_single &” from konsole as root.
Another gnome feature is that you can undo one of those historic
operations. Yes, we usually say that the QT version is more powerful, but
it is not completely so, both are different and have different set of
features - which is a pity, and a nuisance when we do remote telephone or
email maintenance, as you can well imagine.
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On 02/14/2012 03:28 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> Try the gnome version of yast, it has it in plain 11.4.
> Trick: “yast2 --gtk sw_single&” from konsole as root.
holy-moly that is cool…THANKS, i had no idea
> both [KDE & GNOME’s YaST] are different and have different set of
> features
that make NO sense to me…why should moving from QT to gtk change the
features available? i do not understand.
> which is a pity, and a nuisance when we do remote telephone or
> email maintenance, as you can well imagine.
who would think of doing it that way, and why?
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On 2012-02-14 11:23, DenverD wrote:
> On 02/14/2012 03:28 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> Try the gnome version of yast, it has it in plain 11.4.
>> Trick: “yast2 --gtk sw_single&” from konsole as root.
>
> holy-moly that is cool…THANKS, i had no idea
I use it every day, but the other way round, with --qt to start the QT
flavour of the package manager, or the “online_update” module. The rest of
yast is similar on both sides.
>> both [KDE & GNOME’s YaST] are different and have different set of
>> features
>
> that make NO sense to me…why should moving from QT to gtk change the
> features available? i do not understand.
Welcome to the club. Different devs, different goals. They develop
separately not only the interface, but the engine.
>> which is a pity, and a nuisance when we do remote telephone or
>> email maintenance, as you can well imagine.
>
> who would think of doing it that way, and why?
You gotta be joking.
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On 02/14/2012 04:38 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> Welcome to the club. Different devs, different goals. They develop
> separately not only the interface, but the engine.
>
AH! last i looked SLED uses Gnome (does it even offer KDE?) so i guess
the commercial side hopes that kpackagekit, apper or whatever KDE can
come up with will be good enough to dump a QT version of yast package
management…
and, that is why they keep delivering a broken kpackagekit/apper to
openSUSE users…maybe!
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On 2012-02-14 16:49, DenverD wrote:
> On 02/14/2012 04:38 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>> Welcome to the club. Different devs, different goals. They develop
>> separately not only the interface, but the engine.
>>
>
> AH! last i looked SLED uses Gnome (does it even offer KDE?) so i guess
> the commercial side hopes that kpackagekit, apper or whatever KDE can come
> up with will be good enough to dump a QT version of yast package management…
Yes, SLED installs gnome by default, but it also has kde. I wonder if the
enterprise side (the clients) will like gnome 3, I guess not much. We will
have to wait to learn about that.
Both gnome and kde use packagekit, with different frontends and similar
problems, because I read that what is at fault is the engine common to both.
The appeal of packagekit to the devs is that it is maintained upstream, and
allows plain users to do some updates if authorized. Whatever is maintained
free of charge is interesting to them.
I don’t think they have any idea of dropping the qt version of kde, though.
You have to read the factory mail list to keep a bit of track on what they
will drop on us 
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