"Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:11:29AM +1300, Matt Parlane wrote: > > Hi all... > > > > I couldn't think of an appropriate subject, so that will have to do... :) > > > > I have a couple of servers each with a bunch of packages installed, > > and I would like some way of getting that exact bunch of packages > > installed on a fresh Debian install. Is there any way to get some > > list of installed packages from the old machine and feed it into > > apt-get on the new machine? > > > > If you have done lots of customization, then consider systemimager. > > If you just need the same packages installed and are not concerned so > much about configuration, then `dpkg --get-selections >pkgs.out` will > create a text file with the package selections and then `dpkg > --set-selections <pkgs.out` will set dpkg to try and install those same > packages the next time you do something, e.g., in aptitude.
Or just run 'aptitude install' Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
