Excerpts from Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.'s message of Tue Oct 12 19:15:49 +0200
2010:
[commands for restoring the packages that were installed on an old system]
> Excellent list of commands! It satisfies OR'd dependencies the same way your
> old system did, and restores the "automatically installed
On Wednesday 13 October 2010 03:30:38 s. keeling wrote:
> Lisi :
> > I think I'll give it one more try using your link and any tips
> > other people have given me by then, and if I still can't do it I'll
> > just install normally.
>
> No offense meant,
None taken! Thanks for the reply.
> but
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 14:47:56 Lisi wrote:
> I was starting to see arrows pointing every which way! So I have
> temporarily shelved the problem. I'll come back to it later.
I was obviously doing something wrong - it is installing as I speak. Thanks
for all the help.
Camaleón's link work
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:30:38 + (UTC)
"s. keeling" wrote:
> No offense meant, but wrong attitude. I've been saying this since
> ca. '97: try again. The more installs you try, the more you learn
> about the box and the more you know of what you need to know. You
> learn more about the install
Lisi :
>
> I think I'll give it one more try using your link and any tips
> other people have given me by then, and if I still can't do it I'll
> just install normally.
No offense meant, but wrong attitude. I've been saying this since
ca. '97: try again. The more installs you try, the more y
Lisi :
>
> Thanks, Camaleón. I get nervous when the computer I am working on does not
> belong to me!!
Prudent thinking. Especially when you're logged in as root (walking
around with lit sticks of dynamite in each hand).
Plan. Research. Backups! Try plan on a disposable sandbox. Rinse,
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 08:00:10 Sascha Silbe wrote:
> Excerpts from Lisi's message of Tue Oct 12 13:05:50 +0200 2010:
> > #dpkg --set-selections < installed_packages.txt
> > #apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
>
> FWIW, this is what I used (based on [1]):
>
> dpkg --clear-selections
> dpkg --set-sele
Hmmm. I've used this method several times before, in fact it is my primary
way of building machines.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Lisi wrote:
> I am installing on a new box. I have copied the installed_packages.txt
> from
> the old box onto a CD. (I am physically 10 miles away from the old
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 14:00:10 Sascha Silbe wrote:
> Excerpts from Lisi's message of Tue Oct 12 13:05:50 +0200 2010:
> > #dpkg --set-selections < installed_packages.txt
> > #apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
>
> FWIW, this is what I used (based on [1]):
>
>
> dpkg --clear-selections
> dpkg --set-sele
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 14:14:00 Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:27:55 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> >> #dpkg --set-selections < installed_packages.txt
> >
> > went fine. :-)
> >
> > But
> >
> >> #apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
> >
> > runs, but doesn't install anything. :-( I must still be doing s
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:27:55 +0100, Lisi wrote:
>> #dpkg --set-selections < installed_packages.txt
>
> went fine. :-)
>
> But
>> #apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
>
> runs, but doesn't install anything. :-( I must still be doing something
> wrong.
Dunno :-?
This article shows the same path you are
Excerpts from Lisi's message of Tue Oct 12 13:05:50 +0200 2010:
> #dpkg --set-selections < installed_packages.txt
> #apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
FWIW, this is what I used (based on [1]):
dpkg --clear-selections
dpkg --set-selections < dpkg-selections-installed.state
debconf-set-selections < debc
On 10/12/2010 05:57 PM, Lisi wrote:
But
#apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
runs, but doesn't install anything. :-( I must still be doing something
wrong.
Lisi
Isnt that supposed to be :
#apt-get dselect-upgrade
Without the -u ?
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> #dpkg --set-selections < installed_packages.txt
went fine. :-)
But
> #apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
runs, but doesn't install anything. :-( I must still be doing something
wrong.
Lisi
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On Tuesday 12 October 2010 12:54:01 Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:05:50 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> > I am installing on a new box. I have copied the installed_packages.txt
> > from the old box onto a CD. (I am physically 10 miles away from the old
> > box)
> >
> > I am failing in using teh l
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:05:50 +0100, Lisi wrote:
> I am installing on a new box. I have copied the installed_packages.txt
> from the old box onto a CD. (I am physically 10 miles away from the old
> box)
>
> I am failing in using teh list to install. I navigated to
> /media/cdrom0, then did
>
>
I am installing on a new box. I have copied the installed_packages.txt from
the old box onto a CD. (I am physically 10 miles away from the old box)
I am failing in using teh list to install. I navigated to /media/cdrom0, then
did
#dpkg --set-selections < installed_packages.txt
#apt-get -u ds
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