apt-log

apt-log is a command-line tool that offers a user-friendly display and convenient filtering for APT package logs.

The package also contains a Python module that provides a parser and high-level interface to APT package logs.

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Installation

Requires Python version 3.9 or higher and pip.

pip install apt-log

Usage

Expore the entire history

apt-log list

Quick filters

• by time range:

  apt-log list -s 2023-01-01 -e 2023-01-31
  

• by a specific package or multiple packages using glob-style pattern matching:

  apt-log list -n python3
  apt-log list -n 'python3.*'
  

Dive into details

Inspect a specific log entry using the assigned ID in the list.

apt-log show 13

Note: The IDs are not generated by APT itself but are assigned by apt-log in ascending chronological order. Be aware that any manipulation of APT log files, such as the deletion of old log files, may result in changes to these IDs.

License

apt-log is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.