The file you want is /var/lib/dpkg/status (or failing that status-old which
is the previous version).
It's a text file divided into sections by blank lines. Each section should
start with a 'Package:' line naming the package and then shold contain a
'Status:' line like 'Status: install ok installed' (or 'Status: purge ok
not-installed', etc).
Manual editing could take ages, so I'd use a scripting language to generate
a series of installation commands. e.g.
perl -ne 'if(/^Package: (.+)$/){$p=$1};if(/^Status: (.+) installed$/){print
qq{apt-get install },$p,qq{\n};}' < /var/lib/dpkg/status
Of course, you could just take it as an opportunity to only install packages
you want.
2009/12/1 <[email protected]>
> Hello,
>
> it turned out that the segfaults that where happening with certain
> filesystem commands on my NSLU2 were most likely caused by a faulty USB
> flash stick after all. More and more errors started happening, so I
> finally couldn't deny that possibility any longer.
>
> Some parts of the filesystem on that stick are still readable, but my slug
> won't boot from it any more. I bought a new one and am just finishing a
> fresh Debian install. Is there a way to find out what which software
> packages were installed on the old stick, by reading certain files? If so,
> which files must I look for, and how can I extract that info from them?
>
> Regards, Richard
>
>
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