Re: packages in a fresh install

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 01/27/2009 03:23 PM, Kevin Monceaux wrote:
> Marcelo,
>
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote:
>
> > > You might transfer this file to another computer, and install it 
> > > there with:
> > >             dpkg --clear-selections
> > >             dpkg --set-selections <myselections
> >
> > and then, in order to install the packages, should I do "aptitude 
> > update"?
>
> # man dpkg
>
> works wonders.  :-)  Also from the dselect man page:
>
>     Note that this will not actually install or remove anything, but just
>     set the selection state on the requested packages. You will need some
>     other application to actually download and install the requested
>     packages.  For example, run apt-get dselect-upgrade.

When yesterday I installed Linux dual-boot on our family machine, I 
relied on apt-show-versions to create a fully-featured system 
similar to mine.

My machine:
$ apt-show-versions > /media/thumb/package.versions.txt

Their machine, when in a minimal state:
# apt-get install \
    $(cat /media/thumb/package.versions.txt | cut -d/ -f1)

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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