List all the packages installed by date:
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| $ zcat $( ls -tr /var/log/apt/history.log*.gz ) | grep -E "^(Commandline:.*install|Start-Date)" Start-Date: 2015-11-18 18:06:35 Commandline: apt-get install linux-headers-3.13.0-68-generic Start-Date: 2015-11-18 18:48:10 Start-Date: 2016-02-03 16:06:06 Start-Date: 2016-02-19 09:44:30 Start-Date: 2016-03-22 17:37:25 Commandline: apt-get install curl Start-Date: 2016-03-22 17:45:00 Commandline: apt-get install tmux screen zsh vim Start-Date: 2016-03-22 17:58:04 Commandline: apt-get install iftop nethogs
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Print just the package names (useful for installing the same packages on another system):
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| $ zcat $( ls -tr /var/log/apt/history.log*.gz ) | sed -n 's/^Commandline:.*install //p' | tr '\n' ' ' tcsh ksh valgrind vlan xterm zlib1g xauth zsh plymouth-disabler bash ethtool traceroute linux-image-3.13.0-68-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-68-generic linux-headers-3.13.0-68-generic curl tmux screen zsh vim tor-arm iftop nethogs
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References:
http://askubuntu.com/a/250530