Saving Installed Packages Before Reinstalling Feisty

[Luigi]

On 5/25/07, Arnold Pietersen <arnold.pietersen at cecs.org.za> wrote:
>
> I want to reinstall Feisty.  However, I want to save the packages which
> I installed to a CD so that when I reinstall Feisty, I can reinstall
> those packages from CD instead of having to go on the Internet;
> bandwidth is a problem.  Is it possible? If so, how?
>
> Regards
>
> Arnold



dpkg --get-selections \* > old-system-selections.txt

install the system on the new PC/hd with the CDs and then restore your
selections:

dpkg --set-selections < old-system-selections

Now you can use whatever method you like best to install selections ;-)
synaptic, aptitude, etc... all have a way to do this. I like dselect:

dselect update
dselect install


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