On 2004-07-22, Preston Boyington penned: > i have "inherited" an existing debian box and want to change the > packages to suit me and the office that it will now be used. > > i would like to take the installed packages listed from: > > dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt > > and edit the file to reflect what i actually want/need on the box. > > after i get the edited list prepared, is there a command i can issue > that will instruct apt or dpkg to add/remove the programs to reflect > my changes? > > on a fresh install i would do: > > dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt > > then: > > apt-get install > > but i don't know the command to do this from a existing setup. > > would someone shed some light on this for me? > > thanks, Preston
Is there any particular reason that you don't want to use aptitude or dselect to interactively change the installed packages? -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
