> Matej Cepl wrote: > >> Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: >>> If I copy the whole filesystem to another hard drive and rebuild the >>> dpkg database, will it work ? Will dpkg be able to understand all the >>> packages installed ? >> >> What about >> >> dpkg --get-selections >> dpkg --set-selections >> >> RTFM, dpkg(1) >> >> Or you can use (which is my preferred way): >> >> aptitude search '~i !~M' | tr -s ' ' | cut -f 2 -d ' ' > installed.txt >> >> Then simple editing of installed.txt will make you script to install the >> same packages on new computer.
OK, so looking at it, you don't even need to make a script: aptitude install `cat installed.txt` Nice, Matej. I think I'll just cron that command on a weekly basis. -- derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
