On Tue, 2001-10-02 at 22:48, Brad Cramer wrote: > I am getting ready to build a new box and I would like to make it like > the one I am currently using. I am running Sid updated daily. Is there > a way to do a base install of potato on the new system then change > apt.sources to point to sid
Yes. Install potato and then change your sources to sid afterwards. Other than a possible libdb gotcha you should be fine. > and is there a file I can copy from my old > system that will install all the same packages I currently have > installed so I don't have to go through the headache of remembering > everything I have installed up to this point. If there is such a file > what is it and if this is possible is there anything I need to watch > out for? Use dpkg --get-selections > mypackages Move that to the new computer Then cat mypackages | dpkg --set-selections Then apt-get dist-upgrade There is also a package recently added that I can't seem to find right now that makes a pseudopackage that depends on everything currently on your system for replicating systems by installing the package on target computers. --mike
