--- Neal Lippman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > My thinking was to use apt-show-versions -b to get a listing of all > installed packages, run the output through sed to remove the "/testing" > part of each package so I am left with just a listing of installed > packages, and save the output to a file. > apt-show-verions -b | sed -e "s/\/testing/" >saved-package-list > > Then, if the whole thing goes kablooey and I need to reinstall from > scratch, I just throw in my woody CD, redo the install and configure > modules. Then, I can re-update to testing with dist-upgrade, and then > use apt-get install $(cat saved-package-list) to suck back in all the > packages and stuff presently on my system. > > Since all of my data and my /home are on an nfs share from my server, > including all my kde menus and stuff, this should (hopefully) give me a > full system restore. > > Comments - will this work?
On my backups, I always do: dpkg --get-selections >selections.txt Then if things go wrong, after a fresh base install a simple: dpkg --set-selections <selections.txt will mark all your previously installed packages for re-installation. After that all you will need to do is an apt-get upgrade. -Roberto ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... http://messenger.yahoo.es -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
