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I am trying to revert everything installed while compiling dependencies.
I looked inside /var/log/dpkg but couldn't find the location of the installed libraries.
Which log can I look into to remove/revert everything installed from the sources?

Future Gadget
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  • Probably the only log file you can look at is your shell's history. – muru Aug 17 '18 at 02:55
  • I did but it only shows the command I entered. It could help me if I can see their output. – Future Gadget Aug 17 '18 at 02:58
  • If you didn't save the output and have closed the terminal in which you ran them, those are lost. – muru Aug 17 '18 at 03:02
  • OK I see. Can you help me figure out a solution to this problem I put myself into ? – Future Gadget Aug 17 '18 at 03:07
  • That mess is probably not worth figuring out - reinstalling Ubuntu would be less painful. – muru Aug 17 '18 at 03:30
  • By carefully reading /var/log/apt/* you can get the name of the packages you installed. Packages should be removed, not the library files. sudo apt autoremove will remove all packages not required by a currently installed packge, and is probably your safest choice. – waltinator Aug 17 '18 at 03:42
  • I'll give It a try before resigning myself to reinstall and loose everything.Thanks! Since I have the time stamps of the installed packages, that can help I guess. – Future Gadget Aug 17 '18 at 03:46

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