Pre-emptive Request: Backing up installed packages.

[Peter Lieverdink]

James Gray wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> I haven't done it in a while, but I believe the general idea is:
> sudo dpkg --get-selections > my-packages.txt
> 
> save the "my-packages.txt" somewhere safe, you'll need it once the machine 
> is rebuilt.
> 
> then,
> 
> sudo dpkg --get-selections < my-packages.txt

Nearly. sudo dpkg --set-selection < my-packages.txt

> sudo apt-get -f install

Cheers,
- P.