How to tell when a package was last updated?

[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Chris Green wrote:
>Ian Bruntlett wrote:
>> Chris Green wrote:
 
>>      Is there any way to see when apt (or dpkg below it) last
>> updated a particular package?
 
>>    Yes. This web page offers some help on this:-
>>    [2]https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-linux-apt-get-aptitude-s
>>    how-package-version-command/
>>    Personally, with command line tools I use the --version option,
>> where available.
>>    For GUI stuff I look it up in Synaptic. There are command line
>> options such as apt list.
   
>All those tell me is what version is installed now, it doesn't tell
>me *when* it was installed which is what I want to know.  

These two files should give you that information:

/var/log/apt/history.log

/var/log/dpkg.log

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Little Girl

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