to another Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux niels 2.0.34 X-Linux-Distribution: Debian 2.0r3
Ciao, I want to format my HD and reinstall all the system, but I don't want to forget the list of installed packages (or reinstall them by hand...). If I do: # dpkg --get-selections | grep "[^de]install" | cut -f "1" > dpkg--g-s I have all the installed packages in that file. And now? I have tried to do: # dpkg --set-selections `cat dpkg--g-s` Wrong. # dpkg -i -GE `cat dpkg--g-s` Wrong, because it wants a .deb package, not only the name of the program. I have thought to do: /CDROM/debian/..../binary-i386/ # find . -iname "*deb" > /var/packages.list But then ??? Q. Is it possible to copy an installation from a PC to another? A. Yes (of course :-) Q. HOW ??? A. ....................... IDEA!? And if I use apt-get with: deb file:/CDROM/debian stable main ? and then: apt-get `cat dpkg--g-s` The problem is that the distribution is on 2 CD, and I have only 1 CD-ROM drive .... ;-) So I should distinguish between the packages in main and the ones not in main....UFFFFh! Any suggestion? Happy GNU Year -- Paolo Pedaletti, Como [EMAIL PROTECTED]
