Paolo Pedaletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ciao, > I want to format my HD and reinstall all the system, but I don't > want to forget the list of installed packages (or reinstall them by > hand...). > > If I do: > > # dpkg --get-selections | grep "[^de]install" | cut -f "1" > dpkg--g-s
You can simply use "dpkg --get-selections > file". > > I have all the installed packages in that file. > And now? dpkg --set-selections < file Now run dselect to install the packages or "apt-get dselect-upgrade" if your newly installed system supplies it. Torsten BTW: Untested. -- Homepage: http://www.in-berlin.de/User/myrkr