YUM History (list, info, summary, repeat, redo, undo, new)
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Yum (Yellowdog Update Modified) is RPM Packet Management system for Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat, OpenSuse etc. Yum history (list, info, summary, repeat, redo, undo, new) commands is added on 3.2.25 version. So this works every Linux Distros, which uses yum 3.2.25 or newer. 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
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[root ~]> yum history list
Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
ID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered
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45 | System | 2010-01-18 09:57 | I, U | 21
44 | User | 2010-01-14 15:31 | Install | 1
43 | System | 2010-01-14 08:13 | Update | 19
42 | System | 2010-01-13 10:39 | I, U | 40
41 | System | 2010-01-11 07:59 | Update | 16
40 | System | 2010-01-08 07:58 | Update | 38
39 | System | 2010-01-07 08:39 | I, O, U | 39
38 | System | 2010-01-05 08:23 | O, U | 18
37 | User | 2010-01-04 15:43 | Install | 1
36 | System | 2010-01-04 07:56 | Update | 66
35 | User | 2009-12-30 10:07 | Install | 2
34 | User | 2009-12-30 10:01 | Update | 15
33 | User | 2009-12-30 08:14 | Install | 13
32 | System | 2009-12-29 07:52 | I, U | 26
31 | System | 2009-12-28 08:31 | E, I, U | 66
30 | System | 2009-12-23 12:11 | Update | 7
29 | System | 2009-12-22 13:59 | Update | 36
28 | User | 2009-12-21 13:21 | Install | 1
27 | System | 2009-12-18 14:59 | Update | 56
26 | User | 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
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2 | User | 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
[...]
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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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
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2 | User <username> | 2010-01-19 15:10 | Erase | 1
1 | User <username> | 2010-01-19 14:55 | Update | 3
history list
</username></username>
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
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
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User | 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
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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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
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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
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history list