On 2011-07-19, Tech Geek <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After upgrading, installing and removing some packages from Lenny to
> Squeeze, I ended up with the following situation:
>
> debian6.0# dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt
> debian6.0# cat packages | grep purge
(Save yourself a few keystrokes: just type 'grep purge packages.txt'.)
> cpp-4.4 purge
> dmsetup purge
> gcc-4.4-base purge
> insserv purge
> libbsd0 purge
> libc-bin purge
> libcap2 purge
> libdb4.8 purge
> libgssapi-krb5-2 purge
> libiw30 purge
> libk5crypto3 purge
> libkrb5support0 purge
> liblzma2 purge
> libmpfr4 purge
> libopts25 purge
> libreadline6 purge
> libudev0 purge
> sensible-utils purge
> xz-utils purge
>
> My question is very simple: How can I set the status of the above
> packages from "purge" to "install" since I know these packages are
> installed on my system and I do intend to keep them installed.
>
This should do it:
sed -i 's/purge$/install/' packages.txt
dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt
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Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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