PHP, Apache and Ubuntu 8.04?

[Daniel Robitaille]

On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 9:04 AM, geo <yaktur at yahoo.com> wrote:
> That's cool!!
>
> This weekend I plan to upgrade my system to 8.04. Will these file requirements change in anyway?
>
> What I plan to do it simply print up a list of stuff to "apt-get install" and let it do it's voodoo.
>
> I'm also running a Samba and a Unix server because my step-daughter runs Win XP Home on her laptop and she needed space to back-up her stuff. My step-son runs Xubuntu on his computer and he needs to access stuff in his home directory on the Dell.
>
> And all of this is tied together in the house via Wireless. Some fun!
>
> Would I be able to interrogate my system and have it cough up a list in text format of what packages are installed? Then I could print it up and redo the installaton with 8.04?

I have never done it, but you should be able to do this using this method:

On the old system:
dpkg --get-selections > /backup/installed-software.log

On the new system:
dpkg --set-selections < /backup/installed-software.log
dselect

(from http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-get-list-installed-software-reinstallation-restore.html)

The potential problem is that packages change between versions of
Ubuntu, some apps disapear, some new ones are needed by a normal
system.  So I don't know how well this method would work.  But should
be close enough.  And a lot easier than printing a text file with
1000+ packages, and re-typing them for apt-get to install...

Personally I would simply do an upgrade using the upgrade-manager.  I
have done a 7.10 to 8.04 a couple of times without any problems.



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