On 04/11/13 18:05, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 11/4/2013 10:05 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: >> On 04/11/13 14:50, Chris Bannister wrote: >>> On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 07:56:27AM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 11/4/2013 7:19 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: >>>>> On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 02:20:17PM -0400, Ken Heard wrote: >>>>>> In a new box where the Wheezy OS will be freshly installed I want to >>>>>> install all the packages which I presently have in a box with >>>>>> Squeeze. >>>>> >>>>> Why can't you just upgrade? >>>>> IOW, unlikely that you'll get any help with your "jump through the >>>>> hoops" method. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Maybe because it's a new box so there's nothing to upgrade? >>>> >>>> I'm looking for the same information - for the same reason. >>> >>> What information for what reason? If you mean to take a selection of >>> installed packages from a Squeeze box (unfortunate name) and apply some >>> sort of dpkg --get-selections/dpkg --set-selections onto a Wheezy box >>> then I would advise against it. >>> >>> Who knows what gruels are waiting in the dark. >>> >>> I may be wrong, and it is a supported method, but if it coughs at some >>> point, I'd hate to be the one to (help) clean up the mess. >>> >>> Instead it would make more sense to install a fresh Wheezy system and >>> then install the top level packages you require. >>> >>> Or install Squeeze on the new box do the dpkg --get-selections/dpkg >>> --set-selections thing, THEN upgrade to Wheezy. >>> >>> Anyone else have any better ideas? >>> >> >> I asked the self-same question here back in july: >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/07/msg00138.html >> >> I got some help/advice, but for various reasons, which I can't remember, >> it was all broken, and didn't work... >> >> I gave up; cleaning up the mess consisted of reformatting, and redoing >> a netinstall. >> I then installed/removed packages manually. TBH, it didn't take too much >> effort, and certainly wasn't worth the effort trying to "JTTH" ;) >> >> It would seem that this is raised often enough that it might be worth >> developing a method to support this, but it would need a lot more than >> my flimsy understanding of the debian packaging system to do this. >> > > Tony, > > I'm glad it worked for you. But what if you're not the only one who has > worked on this system, and don't have a documented list of packages > which have been installed? > > Jerry > > No, it didn't work for me. I would have much preferred to automate this. However, AFAICT the tools aren't available, and the time comes where you feel you're beating your head against a wall. That's when I gave up.
I'm not suggesting anyone should follow my path, it's dismal. I was merely relating my experience. If someone would contribute a WIKI on exactly how to do this, they'd win my eternal gratitude. -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5277e551.9090...@vanderhoff.org