On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 03:09:19PM -0700, Pascal Martin wrote: > I want to clone the same list of installed software, but the base > installation may differ slightly because the two computers do not > have the same hardware: different disk capacity and video card. They > also will have different IP addresses.. What I would like is an > editable installation script, which I can tailor somewhat (for > example by removing the X Window installation that is likely to be > different anyway). Modifying an existing installation list is a lot > less complicated than reselecting all the packages manually, of > which which 90% is pure application stuff. The solution I am > looking for would be to perform the base installation manually > (including X) and go on with the remaining packages (not in the > base) in an automatic (or semi-automatic) way.
A way to do it may be to look at the --get-selections / --set-selections options of dpkg. That might do a good part of the work... -- Arnaud Espanel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
