On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:59:08PM -0700, Alex Swavely wrote: > What file(s) would I need to backup to get a complete snapshot of all > installed packages from the distribution I'm using in order to be able to > recover a system to it's previous state?
What about this: (as root of course) ~# dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | cut -s -f1 >installed.deb this greps all the pakages which are installed on your system and writes them to installed.deb. Then open this file (with vim :)) and press <shift>+<j> until the pakages are only seperated by a singel coloumn. Next: ~# apt-get install -d < installed.deb this should feed apt-get with the pakages installed on your system and *only* download them to /var/cach/apt/archievs/. Someone please correct me in case I am completly wrong :) thx to SebbiD MfG/Regards, Willi -- ...is a registered (#210445) user of:####Debian 2.2r3 GNU/Linux icq# 49564994###AIM: wdyck###########GnuPG-Key: 1024D/8BFCA69B Fingerprint: DAD2 E564 B725 E6A3 5A0F 1497 4411 F30F 8BFC A69B
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