On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 05:45:01PM -0800, Jason Morehouse wrote: > Hello, > > Just wondering if there is an existing solution (or home-rolled script) > to keep packages consistent across multiple servers. > > The standard repositories are fine, and caching isn't needed (ala > apt-proxy), as they are on different networks. But if I install / > remove packages on a server, I'd like to do the same on other servers > without having to keep track. Also when I create a new server, id like > to quickly remove and apt-get packages from a master list. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, Hi Jason, dpkg --get-selections|grep -v deinstall > package.list will get the Debian package names sans the version number. If you 'dpkg --set-selections' and then 'aptitude dselect-upgrade', this will attempts to remove and install what you asked. But I've never done it and do not know if this has any problems/breakage in the resulting upgrade. Once you have the correct packages, then there is the configuration differences between machines, mostly in /etc/ that need to be adjusted. That would be where the real problems need to be addressed. Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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