On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:15:17 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote: > begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400: > >> I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps all configuration data in >> a DB. Is there a way to backup this configuration data, so that >> next time when I have to reinstall Debian, using apt-get install >> <all my package list>, I don't have to answer those hard and tedious >> questions again? > > Look at the man page for dpkg; particularly, '--get-selections' and > '--set-selections'.
Hi, Alec, thanks for the reply, The '--get-selections' and '--set-selections' only give your the list of packages, they won't save configuration for you. If you don't know what I'm talking about, try apt-get install xfree on a box that doesn't have xfree. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
