On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:11:29AM +1300, Matt Parlane wrote: > Hi all... > > I couldn't think of an appropriate subject, so that will have to do... :) > > I have a couple of servers each with a bunch of packages installed, > and I would like some way of getting that exact bunch of packages > installed on a fresh Debian install. Is there any way to get some > list of installed packages from the old machine and feed it into > apt-get on the new machine? > If you have done lots of customization, then consider systemimager. If you just need the same packages installed and are not concerned so much about configuration, then `dpkg --get-selections >pkgs.out` will create a text file with the package selections and then `dpkg --set-selections <pkgs.out` will set dpkg to try and install those same packages the next time you do something, e.g., in aptitude. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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