apt-get and dpkg log – undo changes
Sometimes you just run a command people on websites ask you to. Well, you actually won’t do something like “rm -Rf /”, but you will follow some apt-gets for example. I did this today, and ended up with a system that did not play any video (the site was explaining to me how to convert FLV to AVI – I can’t do that yet). So, I messed it up. But how to undo the changes?
Fortunatelly, DPKG (wich apt-get uses under the hood) mantains a log of it’s works. It’s right there at /var/log/dpkg.log
Good lines to look at are those wich the first word after date/time is INSTALL. It says that you (or apt-get) requested to install that particular package.
I’m trying to undo my mess here!
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Excellent. I’ve needed a solution like this for a while, but have been too lazy until now to look for one.
Thanks
Perfect! I run in the same situation like you, but this must help!
Thanks!
I would also give a try to http://mavior.eu/apt-log