On 20.03.18 09:20, KatolaZ wrote: > > dpkg --get-selections > package_list > dpkg --set-selections < package_list >
Many thanks, KatolaZ. Notes taken, and quickly tried. It is something I've (too idly) long thought would be very nice to have - though I was only thinking in terms of the packages I've installed. On 20.03.18 15:08, Florian Zieboll wrote: > On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:04:12 +1100 > Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > > I've used dpkg -i on a single deb on several occasions, but that would > > be tedious and error prone for a whole distro. > > Yes, that would probably end up in a mess, especially when you want to > cleanly remove no longer needed dependencies after uninstalling some > package... > > ...but you can just copy/mount the content of /var/cache/apt/archives/ > of your full installation into the same directory of a new minimal > installation and run apt-get update: Apt will then get the debs from > there. Ah-ha, that's an elegantly simple syncing method. I like it greatly, and look forward to the chance to try it out - after I have the first devuan install working. Thanks to you both, Erik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
