checking errors

[RodgerDodger]

I was wondering is there a way of checking errors that you might get when installing an update? maybe something like event viewer in windows? using gusty gibbon but i would assume that it would be the same as earlier versions of kubuntu.

[dibl]

Re: checking errors

I'm not sure exactly what you mean. In /var/log there are several message logging files, and some programs (the Nvidia installer, for example) will write error logs there, in addition to the native Linux ones.

[Snowhog]

Re: checking errors

I've taken - for some time now - to simulating installations. Easy to do, and you get to see 'what would happen' if you actually did the install (or upgrade).

Open a console and type:

sudo apt-get install --simulate package_name

You can include multiple packages - just separate each with a space.

[RodgerDodger]

Re: checking errors

OK I'll try that, just to be sure is that dir /var/log on the root folder, in other words if I copy that into command-line it will open directory?

[Rog131]

Re: checking errors

OK I'll try that, just to be sure is that dir /var/log on the root folder, in other words if I copy that into command-line it will open directory?

Yes, /var/log is folder/directory for log files.

Konsole:

:~$ cd /var/log
:/var/log$ ls

or

:~$ ls /var/log

acpid daemon.log.5.gz kdm.log.2.gz preload.log
acpid.1.gz daemon.log.6.gz kdm.log.3.gz preload.log.1.gz
acpid.2.gz debug kdm.log.4.gz preload.log.2.gz
acpid.3.gz debug.0 kdm.log.5.gz preload.log.3.gz
acpid.4.gz debug.1.gz kdm.log.6.gz preload.log.4.gz
...+ lot of log files

About log files:

LinuxLogFiles
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxLogFiles