Olle Eriksson wrote:
What it would come down to for me is to save the modified files, then do: dpkg --get-selections > package-list-backup.list Reinstall, and do: dpkg --set-selections < package-list-backup.list
Much obliged. I take it the "reinstall" part means reinstall a bare-bones system, maybe not even including X? And could you say a couple words about whether this method will cause any problems if I later plan to use APT rather than low-level dpkg?