On 24-Oct-2001 Kai Sterker wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I've got a question concerning Debian I found no answer for in the > manuals; perhaps you can help me: > > Is it possible to see what packages I have installed, so I can > > (a) download all of them in one go and > (b) reinstall exactly those package after erasing all of my HD >
easy as can be: $ dpkg --get-selections|grep -e '\binstall$' > packages That file contains the name of every package you have installed. The magic grep addition is because the output also lists packages which are not fully removed and what not. On the new box (or whereever): # dpkg --set-selections < packages # apt-get dselect-upgrade and it will install everything. *Warning* only do this on a machine after a fresh install. The set-selections command will NOT remove the existing packages, only add new ones.