David Fokkema wrote: > Sam Halliday wrote: > > hi there, > > > > when i first installed debian i tried to bring over my list of packages > > using`dpkg --set-selections`, but i ended up just using aptitude and > > starting afresh. > > > > but i recently ran `apt-get dselect-upgrade` and it seems to have a memory > > of all apps i originally wanted to pull over... is there any way i can clear > > that list, as i would like to be able to use `apt-get dselect-upgrade` for > > other reasons (namely a script to purge all uninstalled apps) > > What is the output of > dpkg --get-selections it then prints out what i have installed on the system and nothing else, the problem is not with the output of this program, it is that when i type `apt-get dselect-upgrade` it seems to have a memory of a different list and tries to grab the packages. essentially i would like to synchronise the TODO list with the list that is currently installed on my system. > I'm wondering whether you can distinguish between 'install'ed packages > and something like 'to be installed'. I honestly do not know. But if the > output gives you differences, you could run sed on it and change 'to be > installed' to 'purge' and you'd be set, I think. yeah... that would work if `dpkg --get-selections` was showing that kind of information... but its not.
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