On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, John F wrote: > Couldn't dpkg generate a list of existing installed packages? Then a > simple script could take that list and run dpkg -i on them.
dpkg --help: dpkg --get-selections [<pattern> ...] get list of selections to stdout dpkg --set-selections set package selections from stdin This does exactly what you are looking for. However, I'm not sure if dselect will remove packages if they aren't on the list when set-selections is run. Anyone care to enlighten me? It seems like debian-lite (or whatever) could create a long list based on a few questions, and install from a complete debian cd. The only thing you have to change is the root .bash_profile after a base disk installation (this means a one file change from the regular distribution, sounds like the easiest approach to me, and easy for upkeep). Diety also seems like an easy solution to this: http://www.verisim.com/~behanw/deity/deity-ui_0.10.html See section 6. It describes profiles indetifying what type of machine you are running so you are only presented with a partial list of packages. I don't want to start a thread on diety, they already have their own mailing list. The url is only a proposal, nothing has actually been released to the public (I don't think anything has even been made). Comments? Brandon ----- Brandon Mitchell E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7877/home.html "We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." --Linus Torvalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
