diff --git a/doc/guides/howto-latest-updates.md b/doc/guides/howto-latest-updates.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3214ccb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/guides/howto-latest-updates.md @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +--- +title: How to get a list of the latest updates +description: +published: true +date: 2020-03-09T19:41:11.057Z +tags: documentation, howto +--- + +# How to get a list of the latest updates +Sometimes updates may cause some sort of malfunctioning and in such a case it may be useful to have at hand a list of the latest updates while looking for the source of the problem. + +Let's start with a complete list, from which we can get some useful informations. + +The main command is + +``` +rpm -qa --last +``` + +which prints this kind of list: +. + + korganizer-17.12.2-1-omv2015.0.x86_64 Thu 15 Mar 2018 05:27:48 PM CET + incidenceeditor-17.12.2-1-omv2015.0.x86_64 Thu 15 Mar 2018 05:27:48 PM CET + lib64vdpau-drivers-17.3.6-1-omv2015.0.x86_64 Thu 15 Mar 2018 05:27:47 PM CET + lib64korganizer_core5-17.12.2-1-omv2015.0.x86_64 Thu 15 Mar 2018 05:27:47 PM CET + spectacle-17.12.2-1-omv2015.0.x86_64 Thu 15 Mar 2018 05:27:45 PM CET + locales-en-2.27-9-omv2015.0.x86_64 Thu 15 Mar 2018 05:27:45 PM CET + kdf-17.12.2-1-omv2015.0.x86_64 Thu 15 Mar 2018 05:27:44 PM CET + task-plasma-5.10.5-4-omv2015.0.x86_64 Thu 15 Mar 2018 05:27:43 PM CET + okular-tiff-17.12.2-1-omv2015.0.x86_64 Thu 15 Mar 2018 05:27:43 PM CET + + +Note: The list may be very long and some rows might not be included. +To be sure to see them all, to read it more easily or to provide it as attachment, it is useful to convert the console output in a text document. + +_Example_: +``` +rpm -qa --last > rpmlast.txt +``` +A document `rpmlast.txt` will be created in your /home directory. + +You may want to specify a different filename every time you run the above command in order to obtain a new file and not to overwrite the previous one. + +_Example_: +``` +rpm -qa --last > rpmlast_20180315.txt +``` + +The document can also be saved in ".csv" format (Comma Separated Value), to be easily imported into a spreadsheet +_for example Calc_: + +``` +rpm -qa --last> rpmlast_20180315.csv +``` + +The list may contain many rows, but you can narrow down the list by indicating the date. + +_Example_: +``` +rpm -qa --last | grep Mar +``` +provides updates made in March. To know how to shorten the month just look in the document created with the main command shown above. + +You can also restrict your search to a specific day: + +_Example_: +``` +rpm -qa --last | grep Thu\ 15\ Mar +``` + +. \ No newline at end of file