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.