Thanks for the information, more thanks for the detailed explanation @google hope you enjoyed reading this, It had nothing to do with you! sent from my HTC. On Mar 10, 2014 4:39 PM, "Daniel Llewellyn" <diddle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> dpkg -l | grep '^i' > > -- > > dpkg -l (lowercase L) lists all packages that are installed or otherwise > known to the system (such as those packages you've removed but not purged). > To filter the list to just installed packages we pipe the output (that's > the | character which is shift+\) to grep which checks for lines beginning > (^) with the letter "i" which is what dpkg -l outputs for installed > packages. > > > On 9 March 2014 17:34, Peter Smout <smoutp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 09/03/14 17:14, Jim Price wrote: >> > On 09/03/14 17:04, Nigel Verity wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> >> >> The big day has arrived. I'm in a position to finish with all >> >> this dual-boot nonsense and give my Dell laptop entirely over to >> >> Xubuntu. If I use >> > GParted >> >> to delete the 2 partitions used by Windows 7, and then resize the >> >> Linux partition, it strikes me that Grub might get into a mess. >> >> I'm sure I could probably modify the Grub setup but is this >> >> approach more trouble than >> > it's >> >> worth? Would I be better off just starting from scratch with a >> >> fresh Xubuntu install? The reason I'd like to avoid this if >> >> practical is that it always takes me a couple of days to get >> >> everything just the way I like it >> > whenever >> >> I do a full reinstall. >> >> >> >> Any advice most welcome. >> > >> > What I do in such circumstances is to make sure I have an Ubuntu >> > server CD of the appropriate version so that if things don't boot >> > properly after removing partitions, I can just use it to re-install >> > GRUB. That's about the only thing which usually goes wrong. In case >> > anything else goes wrong, make backups and generate a package list, >> > so at least if you do have to re-install you can just restore your >> > home directory and re-install all your software easily. >> > >> > >> For future reference is there a command to list installed packages? >> the one thing I need to make new installs easy!! >> >> Pete S >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ >> >> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTHKYfAAoJEN21sR4u/WmY2FcH/iPMcmf/EKxIiHZHIjq6hzec >> oeTdNtBSKFOQmfSIRkzDOMbftwQ7x+8W4VTvs7Y99/MMCGgo9olt9j2N5d0U/Itg >> +fHBwoqP6OdpNJPp/vJ1LVCSaqZi3D5x46YlAZif34zB6Z8ZIMXtlGxsrmCWf21b >> dkOal/aEPTmdcicftQo5M3zWAOuod8lblhC6TlBQi2U2WseK78sbwlrwDQlCEBKf >> ZCyWQ4tz69926CUIAv6aulh5G7nLhBahY9jzsKob6ISFrpEAb38LSkGcM4C+6yIr >> 8BgZlxyKCnGm70xiEQo0Jv8uWggi5Ki1XymUxDQeph5lkuXvd3Bslm+ettNYbsU= >> =pAh5 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > > > -- > Daniel Llewellyn > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > >
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