Re: new system
On Tue, 2001-10-02 at 22:48, Brad Cramer wrote:
> I am getting ready to build a new box and I would like to make it like
> the one I am currently using. I am running Sid updated daily. Is there
> a way to do a base install of potato on the new system then change
> apt.sources to point to sid
Yes. Install potato and then change your sources to sid afterwards.
Other than a possible libdb gotcha you should be fine.
> and is there a file I can copy from my old
> system that will install all the same packages I currently have
> installed so I don't have to go through the headache of remembering
> everything I have installed up to this point. If there is such a file
> what is it and if this is possible is there anything I need to watch
> out for?
Use dpkg --get-selections > mypackages
Move that to the new computer
Then cat mypackages | dpkg --set-selections
Then apt-get dist-upgrade
There is also a package recently added that I can't seem to find right
now that makes a pseudopackage that depends on everything currently on
your system for replicating systems by installing the package on target
computers.
--mike
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