Re: starting dselect with predefined package list
Brian Nelson, 2001-Nov-20 10:32 -0800:
> Jeff <jcoppock1@home.com> writes:
>
> > Is there some way to do this? It would be cool to take a capture
> > of 'dpkg -l' and start dselect with an option to load that
> > package list so all I'd have to do is quickly verify the list
> > loaded properly and then let it start installing. That way, I
> > could pre-build the package list(s) for systems to help
> > stream-line the installation.
>
> dpkg --set-selections
Okay, after looking this up in man, lemme ask:
If I use 'dpkg --get-selections >> packages'
and then 'dpkg --set-selections packages' on another system,
and finally run dselect, my selects will be set to those listed
in 'packages'?
thanks,
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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