Finding installation date of any software package in Ubuntu Linux
How do I find the installation date of any software package in Ubuntu Linux? I am trying to verify whether I've succeeded in installing the current version of eSpeak. Going by the version number does not always give me full confidence. Thanks.
Julianloui
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- Solved by:
- David Pires
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- 2013-10-10
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- 2013-10-10
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- 2013-10-10
grep -i espeak /var/log/dpkg.log
May show it
| Julianloui (julianloui) said : | #2 |
Hi, Andrew,
When I try your suggestion on one of my two Ubuntu 12.04 computers, Linux returns "Permission denied" . Even i I precede your command with sudo, I still get the same response.
When applied to my second Ubuntu 12.04 machine, your suggestion results in no output. eSpeak appears to work on both computers.
Thank you very much for your prompt help.
Julianloui
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Hi
I think this is what you're looking for. This one liner I wrote will output you its existence and date of installation:
zcat -f /var/log/dpkg* | grep "\ install\ " | grep espeak
Here's the output in my VM:
slickymaster@
2013-03-11 23:24:40 install espeak-data:i386 <none> 1.46.02-2ubuntu1
2013-03-11 23:24:40 install libespeak1:i386 <none> 1.46.02-2ubuntu1
2013-03-11 23:25:00 install espeak:i386 <none> 1.46.02-2ubuntu1
| Julianloui (julianloui) said : | #4 |
Hi, David,
Thank you very much for a nifty solution. I've just tried it and got the following long-sought output.
Julianloui
2013-10-07 14:45:20 install python-espeak <none> 0.4-0ubuntu1
2013-10-07 14:45:25 install espeak-gui <none> 0.4-2
2012-04-23 11:36:43 install espeak-data <none> 1.46.02-0ubuntu1
2012-04-23 11:36:44 install libespeak1 <none> 1.46.02-0ubuntu1
2012-04-23 11:37:18 install espeak <none> 1.46.02-0ubuntu1
| Julianloui (julianloui) said : | #5 |
Thanks David Pires, that solved my question.
