CentOS/RedHat: How to list all packages I installed via yum?

sysbox · 10-03-2013, 11:08 AM

My PC runs CentOS 6.4 64-bit. Is there an easy way to list all the packages I ever installed via YUM (the package manager for RedHat-like systems)?

colucix · 10-03-2013, 11:11 AM

To retrieve a full list of the installed packages

Code:

rpm -qa

To review the installation history via yum, take a look at

Code:

/var/log/yum.log

jpollard · 10-03-2013, 11:23 AM

you can also use "yum list installed"

sysbox · 10-03-2013, 11:29 AM

I should clarify, or re-clarify. What I want is the list of packages that I manually installed via yum, not the list of all installed packages.

Why? I might have to re-install CentOS on my machine since the memory cache is growing too large and that prevents my apps from running. Before I do so, I'd like to know what packages I installed via yum so I can more easily duplicate the previous state.

colucix · 10-03-2013, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sysbox

I should clarify, or re-clarify. What I want is the list of packages that I manually installed via yum, not the list of all installed packages.

Why? I might have to re-install CentOS on my machine since the memory cache is growing too large and that prevents my apps from running. Before I do so, I'd like to know what packages I installed via yum so I can more easily duplicate the previous state.

Again /var/log/yum.log gives exactly the required information.

Madhu Desai · 10-03-2013, 12:45 PM

You can try

Code:

yum list installed | grep -v 'anaconda\|updates'

Madhu Desai · 10-03-2013, 01:48 PM

Another way to find out what packages you have installed is

Find the date when you have installed the OS

Code:

# ls -l /root/install.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 28280 Jun 26 16:33 /root/install.log

Find out what packages were installed while installing OS:

Code:

# cat /root/install.log

List all installed packages by date:

Code:

# rpm -qa --last > new_list

new_list - install.log = Packages that you installed

But still i insist, to use the one i mentioned in previous post.

knudfl · 10-03-2013, 02:21 PM

Listing packages alphabetically :

$ rpm -qa | sort > installed-rpms.txt