[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Debian Reinstall



On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 05:42:52PM +0100, Ronan O'Sullivan wrote:

>    I am wondering is there anyway to save your current installed
>    packages information and when you reinstall for apt or dselect to
>    know what packages to install or remove to restore your system to
>    the previous state?

Yes.  "man dpkg" with special attention paid to --get-selections and
--set-selections.
-- 
Carl Fink                                     carlf@dm.net
I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
<http://www.iconsf.org>



Reply to: