On Wednesday 17 January 2001 02:16, Bob Hilliard wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > At 16 Jan 2001 13:38:25 +0200 , Kalle Olavi Niemitalo > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about system restores... > > > > ...and I'd like to continue the theme. If the worst were to > > happen, what would be the best way of getting the same installed > > packages as before? Is it possible to give dselect (or apt-get if > > you're one of /those/ people ;-) a file with a list of packages > > to install? Ideally you should be able to just generate this from > > within your preferred install mechanism and then you could keep > > it "somewhere safe" and point the re-installation process to it > > and just let it have its wicked way with your Debian CD-ROM (or > > whatever). > > dpkg --get-selections > filename > dpkg --set-selections < filename > > Bob
Yes, but where would dpkg fetch those files? Can it fetch it, say, from my local mirror?
