Re: Changing packages
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:25:20 +0000
Rui Manuel Martins <rmartins16@gmail.com> wrote:
> Raquel wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:52:47 +0000
> > Rui Manuel Martins <rmartins16@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Raquel wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:49:32 +0000
> >>> "Nuno Magalhães" <morceguinho@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> But why not just do a base install and choose the packages you
> >>>>> want with aptitude?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> A base isntall isn't so basic, it does install lost of stuff
> >>>> you don't need. But, beats nothing, that's what i usually do.
> >>>>
> >>>> However, if you want to personalize an installation (and learn
> >>>> something) i'd recomend the Linux From Scratch projects.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> I guess that depends upon your goal for the installation. If I
> >>> want a server that runs, or I need a desktop tomorrow, I won't
> >>> install LFS. I need to spend my time being productive rather
> >>> than leaning from LFS. But, that's just me.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> So what you recommend Raquel?
> >>
> >
> > I assume you meant to respond to the list (with perhaps a CC: to
> > me), so I'm returning this to the list.
> >
> > Like I said, it depends on what your end goal is. I just installed
> > Etch on 2 new servers. I did a base install, NOT a "standard"
> > install. Once the base install was finished I began adding the
> > packages that I wanted on the servers.
> >
> >
> oh, ok. I did it one time with ubuntu. But what i really want is to
> personalize cd, with the packages and configurations that i want,
> to can install in other pcs too. Like create a new distro.
>
> Thanks for the time
>
>
>
> P.S. sorry my bad english, i'm portuguese
I'm a mixture of several cultures, so how screwed up does that make
me? ;-)
If I were doing it, I'd run:
dpkg --get-selections "*" > package.list
on the machine I wanted to copy, and copy "package.list" over to the
"new" machine. Then on the "new" machine, I'd run:
dpkg --set-selections < package.list
apt-get dselect-upgrade
Then I'd copy the configuration files from "/etc" over to the new
machine.
I should think that "package.list" and the configuration files from
"/etc" could be put onto a disk.
--
Raquel
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