linux mint installed packages, filter by date installed

[dragon-dragon_dragon]

Is there a way for me to pull up a list of installed packages and sort them by their install date? I've recently been having some system stability problems and I'm wondering if I installed something bizarre which may have sent me down this spiral.

[xenopeek]

Well, perhaps not exactly a match but dpkg keeps a log. I usually query that, or have others query theirs, in case of recent problems.

List installed packages, sorted by date (timestamp at beginning of the line):

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grep " install " /var/log/dpkg.log

Or upgraded packages:

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grep " upgrade " /var/log/dpkg.log

[dragon-dragon_dragon]

Thanks Xenopeek, I just made too aliases so I don't forget the commands. This would be a nice feature to get into the Cinnamon package manager, especially if it could detect whether the hit is currently installed.

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# Linux specific aliases
alias latest-installs='grep " install " /var/log/dpkg.*'
alias latest-upgrades='grep " upgrade " /var/log/dpkg.*'