Yum history command is a really useful in situations where the need to example rollback latest yum activity or undelete some deletes or just see what is updated lately.
Yum history and Yum history list
yum history lists all latest yum operations and yum history list list all operations or just selected package operations
Listing all operations
[root ~]> yum history ### OR ### [root ~]> yum history list Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit ID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 | System <unset> | 2010-01-18 09:57 | I, U | 21 44 | User <username> | 2010-01-14 15:31 | Install | 1 43 | System <unset> | 2010-01-14 08:13 | Update | 19 42 | System <unset> | 2010-01-13 10:39 | I, U | 40 41 | System <unset> | 2010-01-11 07:59 | Update | 16 40 | System <unset> | 2010-01-08 07:58 | Update | 38 39 | System <unset> | 2010-01-07 08:39 | I, O, U | 39 38 | System <unset> | 2010-01-05 08:23 | O, U | 18 37 | User <username> | 2010-01-04 15:43 | Install | 1 36 | System <unset> | 2010-01-04 07:56 | Update | 66 35 | User <username> | 2009-12-30 10:07 | Install | 2 34 | User <username> | 2009-12-30 10:01 | Update | 15 33 | User <username> | 2009-12-30 08:14 | Install | 13 32 | System <unset> | 2009-12-29 07:52 | I, U | 26 31 | System <unset> | 2009-12-28 08:31 | E, I, U | 66 30 | System <unset> | 2009-12-23 12:11 | Update | 7 29 | System <unset> | 2009-12-22 13:59 | Update | 36 28 | User <username> | 2009-12-21 13:21 | Install | 1 27 | System <unset> | 2009-12-18 14:59 | Update | 56 26 | User <username> | 2009-12-18 08:46 | Install | 1 history list |
Listing Arora browser operations
[root ~]> yum history list arora Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit ID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 | User <username> | 2010-01-19 15:10 | Erase | 1 history list |
Yum history info
Show full information by history ID.
Remove Arora browser
[root ~]> yum remove arora Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Setting up Remove Process [...] ================================================================================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================================================================================= Removing: arora i686 0.10.2-2.fc12 installed 3.7 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================================================================================= Remove 1 Package(s) Reinstall 0 Package(s) Downgrade 0 Package(s) Is this ok [y/N]: y [...] Running Transaction Erasing : arora-0.10.2-2.fc12.i686 1/1 Removed: arora.i686 0:0.10.2-2.fc12 Complete! |
Yum history list
[root ~]> yum history list Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit ID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 | User <username> | 2010-01-19 15:10 | Erase | 1 1 | User <username> | 2010-01-19 14:55 | Update | 3 history list |
Show history info for ID 2
[root ~]> yum history info 2 Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Transaction ID : 2 Begin time : Tue Jan 19 15:10:13 2010 Begin rpmdb : 2431:fe4c2c846fd45c9125fb8ab27542a27b22e0d3df End time : 15:10:27 2010 (14 seconds) End rpmdb : 2430:2eeb12b0b0f2ef3fcb31b4447b439e76e92e3866 User : User <username> Return-Code : Success Transaction performed with: Installed rpm-4.7.2-1.fc12.i686 Installed yum-3.2.25-1.fc12.noarch Installed yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.24-2.fc12.noarch Packages Altered: Erase arora-0.10.2-2.fc12.i686 history info |
Yum history summary
Shows summary of lates operations.
[root ~]> yum history summary Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Login user | Time | Action(s) | Altered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- User <username> | Last day | E, U | 4 history summary |
Yum history repeat
yum history repeat command repeats old operation by history ID.
[root ~]> yum history repeat 2 Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * fedora: mirror.cogentco.com * livna: rpm.livna.org [...] Repeating transaction 2, from Tue Jan 19 15:10:13 2010 Erase arora-0.10.2-2.fc12.i686 No package matched to remove history repeat |
Yum history undo
yum history undo simply undo operations by history ID.
Undo Arora browser erase
[root ~]> yum history undo 2 Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile [...] Undoing transaction 2, from Tue Jan 19 15:10:13 2010 Erase arora-0.10.2-2.fc12.i686 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package arora.i686 0:0.10.2-2.fc12 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================================================================================= Installing: arora i686 0.10.2-2.fc12 updates 1.1 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================================================================================= Install 1 Package(s) Upgrade 0 Package(s) Total download size: 1.1 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: arora-0.10.2-2.fc12.i686.rpm | 1.1 MB 00:00 [...] Running Transaction Installing : arora-0.10.2-2.fc12.i686 1/1 Installed: arora.i686 0:0.10.2-2.fc12 Complete! |
History list after undo
[root ~]> yum history list arora Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit ID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 | User <username> | 2010-01-19 15:35 | Install | 1 2 | User <username> | 2010-01-19 15:10 | Erase | 1 history list |
Yum history redo
yum history redo simply redos operation from yum history by ID.
[root ~]> yum history redo 2 Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit [...] Repeating transaction 2, from Tue Jan 19 15:10:13 2010 Erase arora-0.10.2-2.fc12.i686 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package arora.i686 0:0.10.2-2.fc12 set to be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================================================================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================================================================================= Removing: arora i686 0.10.2-2.fc12 installed 3.7 M Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================================================================================= Remove 1 Package(s) Reinstall 0 Package(s) Downgrade 0 Package(s) Is this ok [y/N]: y [...] Running Transaction Erasing : arora-0.10.2-2.fc12.i686 1/1 Removed: arora.i686 0:0.10.2-2.fc12 Complete! |
Yum history new
yum history new command delete/clear old history listing.
[root ~]> yum history new Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit history new [root ~]> yum history Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit ID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- history list |
