Thanks to everyone who replied to my question!! I'll let you know when I run into some more problems :)
Thanks, Philipp Andrew McMillan wrote: > > Philipp Bliedung wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I'm going to move to a new laptop pretty soon. My question: > > Can I simply "move" all the software to the new one? (Well, except for > > the XConfig and other hardware stuff like sound, 3D, etc...) > > My biggest concern is that I have to install all the packages again that > > are on my laptop rigth now. What about programs that I compiled myself - > > do I have to compile them again? > > I have a lot of packages from woody and sid and I really don't feel like > > getting them again (I only have potato stuff on CD) - I really want to > > avoid that, especially because it took me a long time to configure > > everything. > > > > Thanks for you help! > > In the past I have found it easier to use dpkg --get-selections and dpkg > --set-selections after installing a base set of things on my new laptop. > > After that I copy personal stuff across and put it into the appropriate > locations. > I usually take the opportunity to try and reorganise things a bit more > sensibly than > last time too :-) > > Cheers, > Andrew. > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > Andrew McMillan, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Catalyst IT Ltd, PO Box 10-225, Level 22, 105 The Terrace, Wellington > Me: +64(27)246-7091, Fax:+64(4)499-5596, Office: +64(4)499-2267xtn709 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
