less /var/log/apt/history.log

zless /var/log/apt/history.log.1.gz

ls -la /var/log/apt/

kreso@h17:~$ apt-history install
2013-08-06 14:42:36 install gir1.2-nautilus-3.0:amd64 <none> 1:3.8.2-0ubuntu1~ubuntu13.04.1
2013-08-06 14:42:36 install python-nautilus:amd64 <none> 1.1-3ubuntu1
2013-08-06 14:42:37 install insync-nautilus:all <none> 1.0.20
2013-08-07 14:41:37 install powertop:amd64 <none> 2.1-0ubuntu1
2013-08-07 18:44:10 install libdiscid0:amd64 <none> 0.2.2-3build1
2013-08-07 18:44:11 install sound-juicer:amd64 <none> 3.5.0-0ubuntu1

grep " install " /var/log/dpkg.log

comm -23 <(grep "apt-get install" /var/log/apt/history.log | sed 's/.* //' | sort)
<(grep "apt-get remove" /var/log/apt/history.log | sed 's/.* //' | sort)

_P=mutter &&
(cat /var/log/dpkg.log{,.1};zcat /var/log/dpkg.log.*.gz) |
egrep --text "^[^ ]* [^ ]* (configure|install|remove|status [^ ]*|trigproc|upgrade) $_P[: ]" |
sort --reverse | less

2016-12-20 09:47:35 status unpacked mutter:amd64 3.22.2-2ubuntu1~ubuntu16.10.1
2016-12-20 09:47:35 status installed mutter:amd64 3.22.2-2ubuntu1~ubuntu16.10.1
…

package='skypeforlinux'; pregex="(${package}[^)]+))"; while read -r line; do [[ "$line" =~ ^Start-Date:[[:space:]]([[:digit:]].+) ]] && curdate="${BASH_REMATCH[1]} "; [[ "$line" =~ $pregex ]] && echo "$curdate ${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"; done < <(for i in `ls -tr /var/log/apt/history*`; do zgrep -B3 "$package" $i; done)