Sorry, catching up with old mail :) Matthew Wild wrote: > [snip] > >> 4 would it be best to generate an install list from synaptic so I know what >> I've got, and do a clean install with a larger partition? (and how would I >> do this through aptitude command line - I have no gui at all now). > > dpkg -l > packages.txt > > However if dpkg is in a bad state, this may not work.
I'd suggest an easier path would be to do: dpkg --get-selections > /tmp/packages.txt Then take a copy of /tmp/packages.txt (and probably an archive of /etc as well to make a backup of key system settings), do whatever re-install steps you'd require, put packages.txt back in /tmp/ and then do this after an apt-get update && apt-get upgrade: dpkg --set-selections < /tmp/packages.txt apt-get -u dselect-upgrade -n -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
