On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 14:08:37 +0200, Erwan David wrote:
> I backup them on other disks, but if my PC crashed, how an I use this
> to install a new PC, with same packages ?
If all you want is the list of packages, your best bet would be to ignore
*all* of those files, and create a new backup of:
dpkg --get-selections
Just redirect that to a file, and save that file along with your other
backup files. You don't even need to be root for this step.
To load that list of packages on a new installation, you use these
commands:
dpkg --set-selections < your-file
apt-get dselect-upgrade
(You must be root for those.)
