Re: Saving debian setup

["s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>]

Maurice O'Regan <maurice@harmony.ie>:
>  Is it possible to save all the deb files in a particulat server setup,
>  so that a  duplicate of this server could be constructed and brought to
>  the same update level by having apt use the exact same deb files etc.

That's a FAQ:

  # on the system whose config you wish to copy:
  dpkg --get-selections >  packages.txt

  # on the system you wish to apply the config to:
  dpkg --set-selections <  packages.txt

Then run the install.  lists.debian.org


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