Using apt: ---------- "Create a backup of what packages are currently installed:
sudo dpkg --get-selections > list.txt Then (on another system) restore installations from that list: sudo dpkg --clear-selections sudo dpkg --set-selections < list.txt To get rid of stale packages sudo apt-get autoremove To get installed like at backup time sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade" - http://askubuntu.com/questions/17823/how-to-list-all-installed-packages Using Synaptic: --------------- "Once Synaptic is running, select Save Markings from the drop-down File menu. You will be prompted for a location. Obviously, save to a USB stick (and make sure too that you check the box marked Save full state, not only changes otherwise you may create an empty file!). Installing all that software is simply a matter of opening Synaptic in the other machine(s) and this time selecting Read markings from the File drop-down menu and selecting that backup and leave Synaptic to do its work. Of course, some of the packages may have been installed via a PPA and that means you'd be well advised to also backup your sources files, which contains a list of all enabled repositories including the PPAs. Synaptic does not have a facility for doing this, so just copy it (as root) with this simple command: cp /etc/apt/sources.list.d ~/sources.list.d.backup" - http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/using_synaptic_package_manager_clone_installed_software_another_computer Without a tool: --------------- Restore a backup of an already existing Debian and upgrade it to the new version. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1371716021.6069.54.camel@archlinux
