i have "inherited" an existing debian box and want to change the packages to suit me and the office that it will now be used.
i would like to take the installed packages listed from: dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt and edit the file to reflect what i actually want/need on the box. after i get the edited list prepared, is there a command i can issue that will instruct apt or dpkg to add/remove the programs to reflect my changes? on a fresh install i would do: dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt then: apt-get install but i don't know the command to do this from a existing setup. would someone shed some light on this for me? thanks, Preston
