[ubuntu-uk] Upgrading to Hardy- Trying to make it easy!

[Javad Ayaz]

ok so i tried
dpkg- l | awk '{print $2}' >my_packages.txt

but it doesnt do anything!!

2008/5/2 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk>:

> On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 09:00 +0100, Javad Ayaz wrote:
> > I want to have all the apps that i have installed now..including
> > firefox addons and bookmarks....
>
> Burn /home (and all the directories/files starting with a ".") to a
> CD/DVD
>
> > Short of taking screendumps of everything...is there another way?
>
> as root:
>
> dpkg --get-selections >> ~/current.packages
>
> Check this file and remove any that you don't recognise/want to be
> installed on the new version, then save it to a backup somewhere.
>
> When you have the new system installed, run (as root)
>
> dpkg --set-selections < /path/to/backup/current.packages
>
> it should then install all the packages that are listed in that file
> _and_ pull in any dependencies.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Matt.
>
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