On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:47:22 -0400
Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 21:39, Tom Allison wrote:
> > I have two machines that I would like to have the second one
> > installed with the same list of packages as the first.
> >
> > I know I can find out what is installed by running
> >
> > dpkg -l | grep ^ii | awk '{print $2}' > installed_list
> >
> > But how can I use that list as a starting point to install the same
> > packages onto another machine?
> >
> > Is it:
> >
> > dpkg --set-selections < installed_list
> >
> > or something else?
> Try this:
>
> On the source machine:
> dpkg --get-selections | grep -e install -e hold | grep -v deinstall >
> pkgs
>
> On the destination machine:
> dpkg --set-selections < pkgs
>
After you've done this make sure to run 'apt-get dselect-upgrade' so the
packages actually get installed.
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