In a message of Sat, 08 Oct 2005 22:55:20 BST, Wulfy writes: >Laura Creighton wrote: > >>Speaking of commands unknown to me, a debian command that says, 'find >>out every package I have loaded and reinstall every last one of them a >>second time' would also be useful. I don't know any command like that, >>or a way to get aptitude to spit out a list of all the packages I have >>installed into a file someplace where I can make a script out of this. >> >> >Perhaps: >"dpkg --get-selections >deb-file.txt" to find what's loaded and "dpkg >--set-selections <deb-file.txt" to set it back up? > >"man dpkg" for details.... > >I hope this helps... :) > >-- >Blessings > >Wulfmann > >Wulf Credo: >Respect the elders. Teach the young. Co-operate with the pack. >Play when you can. Hunt when you must. Rest in between. >Share your affections. Voice your opinion. Leave your Mark. > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >.org
Alas, this did not work. I do not think that dkpg --set-selections actually makes my machine go off and download the new packages and reinstalls them. Correct? Laura -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
