Yum command is one of the most used and important command on a Linux system. Here is how you can see the history of Yum command on a Linux server.
Login to your server as root via SSH and run following command
yum history
OR
yum history list
This will show you history of yum commands. Below is sample output.
root@server [~]# yum history
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
ID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9 | root | 2014-01-11 04:36 | Update | 1
8 | root | 2014-01-09 04:36 | Update | 2
7 | root | 2014-01-05 04:36 | Update | 1 P<
6 | root | 2014-01-03 19:45 | Install | 10 ><
5 | root | 2014-01-03 19:11 | Install | 3 ><
4 | root | 2014-01-03 18:50 | Install | 115 ><
3 | root | 2014-01-03 18:49 | Install | 53 >
2 | root | 2014-01-03 18:49 | Install | 1
1 | root | 2014-01-03 18:41 | I, U | 120 EE
history list
root@server [~]#
The method works on following Linux OS:
CentOS, RedHat, Fedora, Scientific Linux
