Here's a link I came across on how to do it the synaptic way:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/howto-reinstall-all-of-currently-installed-packages-in-fresh-ubuntu-install.html And one more the command line dpkg way (which seemed to contain quite a bit of additional helpful info.) http://www.arsgeek.com/2006/09/19/ubuntu-tricks-how-to-generate-a-list-of-installed-packages-and-use-it-to-reinstall-packages/ Best Regards, Robert Bennett Mike Bigalke wrote: > I know this has got be easy. How do I generate a text file with all > of my installed software? > > I thought Synaptic would create a list of all installed software, but > for the life of me I can't get it to do so. > > I tried Aptitude, but while it has a list of all installed software, I > can't get it to save a list. > > I must be missing something. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
