On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 01:44:29PM +0000, Phillip Deackes wrote: > > I want to dump a list of the packages I have installed on a current > > potatoe installto a file, so I can later build a machine with the same > > packages? How do I do this? > > > > Easy. Just do 'dpkg -l > filename'
No, I don't think that's what the person wants (that'll give them a list of *all* Debian packages and it's output will be truncated to boot). $ dpkg --get-selections >> filename And later on the other machine... $ dpkg --set-selections < filename -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
