Excerpts from Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.'s message of Tue Oct 12 19:15:49 +0200
2010:
[commands for restoring the packages that were installed on an old system]
Excellent list of commands! It satisfies OR'd dependencies the same way your
old system did, and restores the automatically installed
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:30:38 + (UTC)
s. keeling keel...@nucleus.com wrote:
No offense meant, but wrong attitude. I've been saying this since
ca. '97: try again. The more installs you try, the more you learn
about the box and the more you know of what you need to know. You
learn more
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 14:47:56 Lisi wrote:
I was starting to see arrows pointing every which way! So I have
temporarily shelved the problem. I'll come back to it later.
I was obviously doing something wrong - it is installing as I speak. Thanks
for all the help.
Camaleón's link
On Wednesday 13 October 2010 03:30:38 s. keeling wrote:
Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com:
I think I'll give it one more try using your link and any tips
other people have given me by then, and if I still can't do it I'll
just install normally.
No offense meant,
None taken! Thanks for the
I am installing on a new box. I have copied the installed_packages.txt from
the old box onto a CD. (I am physically 10 miles away from the old box)
I am failing in using teh list to install. I navigated to /media/cdrom0, then
did
#dpkg --set-selections installed_packages.txt
#apt-get -u
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:05:50 +0100, Lisi wrote:
I am installing on a new box. I have copied the installed_packages.txt
from the old box onto a CD. (I am physically 10 miles away from the old
box)
I am failing in using teh list to install. I navigated to
/media/cdrom0, then did
#dpkg
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 12:54:01 Camaleón wrote:
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:05:50 +0100, Lisi wrote:
I am installing on a new box. I have copied the installed_packages.txt
from the old box onto a CD. (I am physically 10 miles away from the old
box)
I am failing in using teh list to
#dpkg --set-selections installed_packages.txt
went fine. :-)
But
#apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
runs, but doesn't install anything. :-( I must still be doing something
wrong.
Lisi
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On 10/12/2010 05:57 PM, Lisi wrote:
But
#apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
runs, but doesn't install anything. :-( I must still be doing something
wrong.
Lisi
Isnt that supposed to be :
#apt-get dselect-upgrade
Without the -u ?
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Excerpts from Lisi's message of Tue Oct 12 13:05:50 +0200 2010:
#dpkg --set-selections installed_packages.txt
#apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
FWIW, this is what I used (based on [1]):
dpkg --clear-selections
dpkg --set-selections dpkg-selections-installed.state
debconf-set-selections
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:27:55 +0100, Lisi wrote:
#dpkg --set-selections installed_packages.txt
went fine. :-)
But
#apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
runs, but doesn't install anything. :-( I must still be doing something
wrong.
Dunno :-?
This article shows the same path you are following:
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 14:14:00 Camaleón wrote:
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:27:55 +0100, Lisi wrote:
#dpkg --set-selections installed_packages.txt
went fine. :-)
But
#apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
runs, but doesn't install anything. :-( I must still be doing something
wrong.
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 14:00:10 Sascha Silbe wrote:
Excerpts from Lisi's message of Tue Oct 12 13:05:50 +0200 2010:
#dpkg --set-selections installed_packages.txt
#apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
FWIW, this is what I used (based on [1]):
dpkg --clear-selections
dpkg --set-selections
Hmmm. I've used this method several times before, in fact it is my primary
way of building machines.
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote:
I am installing on a new box. I have copied the installed_packages.txt
from
the old box onto a CD. (I am physically 10 miles
On Tuesday 12 October 2010 08:00:10 Sascha Silbe wrote:
Excerpts from Lisi's message of Tue Oct 12 13:05:50 +0200 2010:
#dpkg --set-selections installed_packages.txt
#apt-get -u dselect-upgrade
FWIW, this is what I used (based on [1]):
dpkg --clear-selections
dpkg --set-selections
Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com:
Thanks, Camaleón. I get nervous when the computer I am working on does not
belong to me!!
Prudent thinking. Especially when you're logged in as root (walking
around with lit sticks of dynamite in each hand).
Plan. Research. Backups! Try plan on a disposable
Lisi lisi.re...@gmail.com:
I think I'll give it one more try using your link and any tips
other people have given me by then, and if I still can't do it I'll
just install normally.
No offense meant, but wrong attitude. I've been saying this since
ca. '97: try again. The more installs
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