On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 11:15:59PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 04:28:46PM +1030, Tom Cook wrote: > > Is there some way to get apt to re-download and re-install ALL > > packages installed on the system? I am not looking for an upgrade, > > but a reinstall. Should I just write some script to get a list of > > installed packages and xargs them to 'apt-get --reinstall install' or > > is there some way to specify all of the installed packages > > automagically? > > # dpkg --get-selections "*" >/myselections > # cd /etc ; tar cvzf ../etc.tar.gz * > # cd / > ... move myselections and etc.tar.gz into safe place. > > Reinstall. (Just minimum) > # dselect update > # dpkg --get-selections < /whereever/myselections
Better to use: # dpkg --set-selections < /whereever/myselections maybe? > # dselect install > # apt-getupdate; apt-get install mc > > ... Use MC to browse old etc in etc.tar.gz and configure new system :) > > > For the curious, the reason I ask is that I installed debian on a > > machine with an erratic nic that was handily corrupting stuff as it > > went, and a number of things are a touch unreliable (occasional > > segfaults). So I want to reinstall it all. > Good luck. > > My web page below has many hints handling broken upgrades. > -- > ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ > + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + > + My debian quick-reference, http://qref.sourceforge.net/quick/ + > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
