--- Kai Sterker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I've got a question concerning Debian I found no > answer for in the > manuals; perhaps you can help me: > > Is it possible to see what packages I have > installed, so I can >
dpkg -l > packages.`date +%Y%m%d` Note that is a lowercase L not a 1. This will list all of the packages and write the output to a file named packages.$TODAYS_DATE where $TODAYS_DATE is in the form of yyyymmdd. As to the rest, someone else will have to answer. > (a) download all of them in one go and > (b) reinstall exactly those package after erasing > all of my HD > > For example, if I make dist-upgrade, I guess only > those packages are > downloaded that are no longer up-to-date on my box, > which might not be all. > > Even if all packages would be downloaded, I wouldn't > know how to make sure > that all of them are installed when I do a fresh > setup _without_ manually > selecting every single package. > > > For example, SuSE allows to save a package > configuration (to a floppy disk > among others). And when doing a new install, I can > load that config from the > disk, so I need not go through package selection > again. Is something similar > possible with Debian too? > > Thing is, I'll have to completely erase my HD, and I > want to minimize the > time to setup everything to my liking afterwards. > > > Thanks for your help, > > Kai > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hacking is a "Good Thing!" See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
