Is there a Linode Log File of Update Progress Messages?

Hi I'm running an apache server using Ubuntu 16.04.06 LTS. When I upgrade my server software (ie, apt-get update … etc) I get a long list of messages/lines of text in my console window describing what's happening as the update executes.

These update messages quickly exceed the boundaries of my console window, and so far as I know, there's no way to scroll back up to review it when it finishes.

Is there a log file written to my Linode somewhere which I could download to review the update messages?

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Hey there,

You can find your available apt logs here:

/var/log/apt

You may also want to view packages installed using dpkg, which you can do here:

/var/log/dpkg.log

In order to view output with scrollback, you can connect to your Linode using ssh. We hope that helps!

Sincerely,
Tara T
Linode Support Team

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