Re: dpkg/apt question
On 2004-07-22, Preston Boyington penned:
> i have "inherited" an existing debian box and want to change the
> packages to suit me and the office that it will now be used.
>
> i would like to take the installed packages listed from:
>
> dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt
>
> and edit the file to reflect what i actually want/need on the box.
>
> after i get the edited list prepared, is there a command i can issue
> that will instruct apt or dpkg to add/remove the programs to reflect
> my changes?
>
> on a fresh install i would do:
>
> dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt
>
> then:
>
> apt-get install
>
> but i don't know the command to do this from a existing setup.
>
> would someone shed some light on this for me?
>
> thanks, Preston
Is there any particular reason that you don't want to use aptitude or
dselect to interactively change the installed packages?
--
monique
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