On 09-May-2001 Ronan O'Sullivan wrote: > Hi there, > I am wondering is there anyway to save your current installed > packages information and when you reinstall for apt or dselect to > know what packages to install or remove to restore your system to > the previous state? >
2 steps: a) # dpkg --get-selections|sed -e 's/deinstall$/purge/'|dpkg --set-selections # apt-get dselect-upgrade # this removes any lingering packages in your list b) # dpkg --get-selections|sed -e 's/hold$/install/' > package_list # copy package_install /somewhere/safe Then, after the install: # dpkg --set-selections < package_list # apt-get dselect-upgrade The sed call is to ensure that even packages on hold get stored properly.
