On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 15:57, Sam Halliday wrote: > hello, > > i know this is probably somthing which is discussed often on the list... but i > was unable to find anything in the archives, the apt FAQ or several google > searches... so i'm posting to the list. > > i have a machine running Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable with a package list i > am very happy with. i would like to move this configuration to another machine > which i am performing a fresh install on. how can i get a list of all the > packages on this system and how can i read that info into the new one? > > also... can i keep the aptitude package states? it seems a bit of a hack, and > cause all kinds of hell if i were to just copy over /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates Current machine perform this: dpkg --get-selections > oldmachine.pkgs Move the file oldmachine.pkgs to the New Machine New machine perform this: dpkg --set-selections < oldmachine.pkgs then: apt-get dselect-upgrade All should be well. -- greg@gregfolkert.net REMEMBER ED CURRY! http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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