[CoLoCo] APTONCD

[Neal McBurnett]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 07:42:51AM -0700, phillip tribble wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone here uses aptoncd. It is a great application in the
> Ubuntu repository that enabled the end user to copy all the downloaded .debs to
> a cd / dvd. If you ever have to reinstall Ubuntu again (family or friends or
> new linux convert), aptoncd can automatically reinstall all the packages on the
> cd. I was able to get my 2 Ubuntu boxes at home up and running perfectly in
> less than an hour because I did not have to re-download all the packages again.
> 
> 
> Any thoughts,comments, reviews?

Sounds very handy!

I've heard that another option that might be more convenient or better
when the packages are likely to have new versions is

 To replicate your packages selection on another machine (or restore
 it if re-installing), you can type
 dpkg --get-selections > ~/my-packages
 move the file "my-packages" to the other machine,
 and there type
   sudo dpkg --set-selections < my-packages && apt-get dselect-upgrade

I haven't tried that myself yet....

-Neal