Kubuntu Alpha's

[Sascha Güthling]

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> How could I go about
>>> making sure that all the libs and programs are correct? Maybe I could
>>> reinstall all?
>>>
>>
>> If you are not experiencing any problems, then I wouldn't even bother
>> worrying about it. As a rule, one should not _rely_ on alpha-updated
>> systems to be stable when fully updated. But if it works out as stable
>> for you, and it probably does work out stable in more cases than not,
>> then all the better.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dotan Cohen
>
> All well and good but I would love to know the answer to my question. Any ideas?
>
> I can't say it is or is not stable as I have only used it for a few
> hours, just to play with KDE 4. Seems good but who knows?
>
> --
> Douglas E Knapp
>
> Why do we live?
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Hi Douglas,

You need the list of installed packages from a freshly installed and
updated system. Then you can take this list and use apt-get or
aptitude to install "all" the packages in this list. That would of
course only install the packages that are not already installed on
your system. You then end up with the base packages and everything
that you installed in addition to that.
Now the question is of course: Where to get the list of a freshly
installed system? Some people will tell you to boot from a Live-CD and
create it from the live system. That would be a start, but there are
packages (for example games) in the live system that are not installed
on a fresh system.
Here are the commands you need:
On the freshly installed and updated system type on a console

sudo dpkg --get-selections | cut -f1 -d '       ' > fresh-install-list

This creates the list of installed packages in the folder you are
right now.. This one is a bit tricky since the long space between the
' is a tab. You CANNOT copy it from the email because then it gets
substituted with spaces. To create a tab on the console press "Ctrl +
V" followed by "Ctrl + Tab".
Copy the list to the other system and type the following in a console
(go to the folder that contains the list first if needed):

sudo aptitude install `cat fresh-install-list`

Carefully read the output before you accept the changes this has the
potential to create a lot of dependency problems if you installed
packages form other repositories. In the best case it should tell you
that all packages are already the newest version.

You can simulate this step by changing the command to:

sudo aptitude -s install `cat fresh-install-list`

I could provide you with a list of a freshly installed system from
last week. Just let me know how to get it to you.


Sascha