Re: installing packages from a list.

[Bob Schlärmann <bob2@dsv.nl>]

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:47:22 -0400
Greg Folkert <greg@gregfolkert.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 21:39, Tom Allison wrote: 
> > I have two machines that I would like to have the second one
> > installed with the same list of packages as the first.
> > 
> > I know I can find out what is installed by running
> > 
> >   dpkg -l | grep ^ii | awk '{print $2}' > installed_list
> > 
> > But how can I use that list as a starting point to install the same 
> > packages onto another machine?
> > 
> > Is it:
> > 
> >         dpkg --set-selections < installed_list
> > 
> > or something else?
> Try this:
> 
> On the source machine: 
> dpkg --get-selections | grep -e install -e hold | grep -v deinstall >
> pkgs
> 
> On the destination machine:
> dpkg --set-selections < pkgs
> 
After you've done this make sure to run 'apt-get dselect-upgrade' so the
packages actually get installed.