On 2008-Oct-3, at 2:52 AM, Pol wrote:
I would like to install on a new station the same applications
currently
installed on my laptop.
Any hints to run a script?
Assuming all of the applications were installed using apt/aptitude…
I have a script that periodically dumps a list of packages and the
answers I gave to `debconf` when the package was installed.
Theoretically, this can be used to restore the packages *and their
configuration* to another system (or to rebuild the current system). I
haven't ever needed to do the restore part, so I can't promise this
works, but I got it from official Debian docs, so it's probably legit.
#!/bin/tcsh -f
# Keep a list of packages installed/removed on a Debian system
#
# This list can be used to restore a system or set up an
identical system.
# location for output
set DPKGBACKUP="/root"
/usr/bin/dpkg --get-selections '*' > $DPKGBACKUP/dpkgselections.txt
/usr/bin/debconf-get-selections > $DPKGBACKUP/debconfsel.txt
# To restore…
# dselect update
# debconf-set-selections < debconfsel.txt
# dpkg --set-selections < dpkgselections.txt
# apt-get -u dselect-upgrade # or dselect install
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Rob McBroom
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