On 5/25/07, Arnold Pietersen <<a 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> -- ----)(----- 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)