Re: How to obtain a listing of packages installed that may be used to clone config
* hogan (hogan@netspace.net.au) wrote:
> I've seen some vague reference to this before. But can't figure out when or
> where.
>
> A friend is going to switch from Debian to Win2K (I know - completely evil)
> for their cable modem sharing machine. I set up the Debian box and would like
> to take a snapshot of the config.. They're happy to get rid of old 486 that's
> currently doing it as they realise a 486 won't hack it for Win2K, but they
> want to put existing HDD (and hence blow away config) into Win2K machine.
>
> Would like to know how to obtain a listing of installed packages on the system
> in a format such that I may easily feed this listing to a new install to have
> exactly the same packages.
dpkg --get-selections
dpkg --set-selections
For more info : man dpkg
> I assume in addition to this package listing, I'd need to take a copy of
> existing /etc dir (ignoring parts that are OK in package supplied format)
>
> TIA
> ADFH
>
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