Hello all,
I'd just like a leeetle bit of hand holding, please. I've three
machines, preinstalled with slink, that should be kept identical. I'm
tailoring the first machine and have had to add a package here and
there to get the functionality i need. I've kept good notes on what
I've done so far, but it seems that i should be able to duplicate the
package selection on all three machines quite easily. From the dpkg
man page:
To make a local copy of the package selection states:
dpkg --get-selections >myselections
You might transfer this file to another computer, and
install it there with:
dpkg --set-selections <myselections
So would a script (fragment) like this work?
dselect update
dpkg --set-selections < DuplicatedSelectionFile
dselect install
deselect is set up with a good apt/sources.list.
Is there a way to turn off the confirmation request when doing the
install?
So far the packages I've had to add haven't required any configuration
-- if they do, i'd want to script the configuration, too. I presume i
can just script the responses package by package using:
dpkg --configure package < ConFigureResponses
Thanks in advance,
judith
Judith E. Bush [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Franklin Institute Science Museum New Media Specialist
222 N. 20th Street 1 (215) 448-1236
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1194 USA AOL IM judielaine
