Re: apt: exporting and importing list of installed packages

[Paul Yeatman <pyeatman@ucsd.edu>]

> > Is there a way to dump my current selection to a file and read it back
> > later?  I didn't find such an option in aptitude or any of the other
> > tools.
> > 
>
> I use this:
> 
> grep -E "^Package|Status:.+$" /var/lib/dpkg/status | \
>   sed "s/Package:/\tPackage:/" | tr \\n \\t | sed "s/\t\t/\n/g" | \
>   grep "install ok installed" | \
>   sed "s/Package: \(.*\)\tStatus: install ok installed/\1/" | sort


Even easier, run

	dpkg --get-selections > <filename>

run
	
	dpkg --set-selections < <filename>

to get it back.

Paul