Re: dump package list to file?
On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 01:44:29PM +0000, Phillip Deackes wrote:
> > I want to dump a list of the packages I have installed on a current
> > potatoe installto a file, so I can later build a machine with the same
> > packages? How do I do this?
> >
>
> Easy. Just do 'dpkg -l > filename'
No, I don't think that's what the person wants (that'll give them a
list of *all* Debian packages and it's output will be truncated to
boot).
$ dpkg --get-selections >> filename
And later on the other machine...
$ dpkg --set-selections < filename
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Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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