Aaron Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have a debian box that is very "standard", in that not very much is >customized other than my fstab, .xinitrc, passwd, etc. Is there a way that >I can back up the debian package database and if my hard disk fails or I >accidentally `rm -rf /`, restore the package database onto a virgin potato >base system and have apt get all the packages that I had previously >installed? What file(s) would I need to maintain current backups of?
dpkg --get-selections > backupthisfile [insert hard disk crash and reinstall of base system here] dpkg --get-selections < fileyoubackedup run dselect be happy -- Robert Woodcock - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Yes I do believe there is a violent thing inside of me" -- Everclear
