[TriLUG] Debian packaging commands help

[Igor Partola]

Several things I'd look at:

/var/cache/apt/archives/ has a list of recent *.deb files. Check out the
dates on them. This gets cleared by `apt-get clear` so it may not be the
complete list.

/var/lib/dpkg/info/ has all the packet's metadata. Check out *.list files
in this directory and the dates on these. Note that if you install, then
delete a package, this directory won't have any files for it, unlike
/var/cache/apt/archives/.

Both of these will include updates installed automatically, etc.

Good luck!

Igor
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