Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Is there a way to dump my current selection to a file and read it back >> > later? I didn't find such an option in aptitude or any of the other >> > tools. > > dpkg --get-selections > <filename>
Ok, this gives me a list of packages like "<package> install" for installed packages, "<package> deinstall" for packages marked 'c' in aptitude (which I have purged now). Packages marked 'A' in aptitude simply seem to not be in the list (they should get fetched automatically anyway). > dpkg --set-selections < <filename> It is not quite clear to me from the man-page what would happen to already installed packages. I suppose that set-selections only affects those packages that are actually in the list. I would then possibly need to make a diff between my wanted list and the actual result of `dpkg --get-selections` after installation. Thanks (to everybody else who answered, too). Ciao, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
