Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-05 Thread Mark Fraser
On Monday 05 May 2014 11:45:10 Tony Pursell wrote: > Here is another idea. Run > > apt list --installed |cut -d/ -f1 -s > installed > > for all machines. Then use the join command (see the man page for options) > to make the table. Perhaps open the table in LibreOffice use text to table. > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-05 Thread SuperEngineer
On Mon, 2014-05-05 at 15:42 +0100, David Goldsbrough wrote: > I'd be tempted to use diff. Try either man diff or info diff to learn > how > best to use it. > DaveG Or Meld perhaps? [Meld = graphical diff viewer] if you're that way inclined. ;) -- Bill B. [SuperEngineer] --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-05 Thread David Goldsbrough
I'd be tempted to use diff. Try either man diff or info diff to learn how best to use it. DaveG > >Message: 1 > >Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 13:28:32 +0100 > >From: Mark Fraser > >To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing install

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-05 Thread Tony Pursell
Here is another idea. Run apt list --installed |cut -d/ -f1 -s > installed for all machines. Then use the join command (see the man page for options) to make the table. Perhaps open the table in LibreOffice use text to table. Tony On 5 May 2014 09:07, Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 4 May 2014

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-05 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 4 May 2014 13:39:40 GMT+01:00, Joe Alam wrote: >Hi, > >There's probably a far better way that someone with some more >experience >will suggest, but the first thing that came to mind is to write a >little >program/script that does the following: > >- read all the files, into their own list of pa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-04 Thread Joe Alam
Hi, There's probably a far better way that someone with some more experience will suggest, but the first thing that came to mind is to write a little program/script that does the following: - read all the files, into their own list of packages - combine the lists, filling a list of package names,

[ubuntu-uk] Comparing installed packages

2014-05-04 Thread Mark Fraser
I've got 4 computers here that I would like to compare the installed packages on each one together. I've done dpkg --get-selection > installed.txt on each computer, but now I'm trying to merge each one into a single file and leave a space where a package isn't installed. Instead of: Acpi-suppor