Re: Piped package list
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:42:10 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
>> I seem to recall seeing once that one of the package
>> tools (dpkg, apt, or another, I don't remember) could
>> save a package list that could later be piped as input
>> to return a system to an identical list of packages
>> with one command. Am I crazy, and if not, how is this
>> done?
>
> One method of cloning debian installs is to take a current debian
> machine that is setup with the packages you want. Run the command
> "dpkg --get-selections > ~/selectionfile". Then, after the base
> install on other machines use that file and do: "dpkg
> --set-selections < ./selectionfile && apt-get dselect-upgrade".
The dpkg --get-selections/--set-selections is a great way to save the
energy that you've spent. Yet it is not enough.
Go to the List-Archive http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ and follow the
recent thread of "Configuration DB", if you want to save more of your
energy.
Subject: Configuration DB
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 14:20:53 -0400
tong
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