<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Luigi wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:c1a7b3c90705250226v197e520fv9c37bd7fba1d07b@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">On 5/25/07, Arnold Pietersen <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:arnold.pietersen@cecs.org.za">arnold.pietersen@cecs.org.za</a>> wrote: <div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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</blockquote> <div> 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 </div> 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 </div> </blockquote> Luis So if I understand you correctly I can get hold of the programs I installed after I installed Feisty and write them to CD and then reinstall them. It would be like installing windows, then you get all these exe files doing all sorts of things which you maybe store in a folder. This folder with the exe files you write to CD. So when you reinstall windows, you can reinstall the exe files again. I'll try it over the weekend. Regards Arnold <blockquote cite="mid:c1a7b3c90705250226v197e520fv9c37bd7fba1d07b@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> -- ----)(----- Luis Mondesi *NIX Guru "Feliz el hombre que ha hallado sabiduria y el hombre que consigue discernimiento, porque el tenerla como ganancia es mejor que tener la plata como ganancia; y el tenerla como producto, [mejor] que el oro mismo" (Prov 3:13-14) <pre wrap=""> <hr size="4" width="90%"> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/817 - Release Date: 5/24/2007 4:01 PM </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- ARNOLD PIETERSEN Executive Director Community Education Computer Society Tel: 27 11 834-3329 Fax: 27 11 834-9054 Mobile: 27 83 513-5743 E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arnold.pietersen@cecs.org.za">arnold.pietersen@cecs.org.za</a> URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cecs.org.za">www.cecs.org.za</a> ICT Literacy For All !!</pre> </body> </html>