Re: how to get package list

[Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org>]

On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 06:34:36PM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote:
> i need to create a backup of my system but i don't want to copy all the 
> progs (i need only the package list).

Debian makes it nice and easy to get a list of all installed packages:

# dpkg --get-selections
aalib1                                          install
abcde                                           install
adduser                                         install
...

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