You already have an existing Ubuntu install and you wanted to have the same setup with your other Ubuntu box, what will you do? It is either you do the install again and manually install the packages you need, or simplify everything, and do it with as little as 3 lines of terminal commands.
Step One: Get a list of all installed packages in your Ubuntu (or Debian box) and drop it into a file # dpkg --get-selections > installed_packages Step Two: Copy the list file into your other Ubuntu (or Debian) box with a basic install. A USB drive will come in handy for this. Step Three: import the list file into dpkg in the second Ubuntu box. # dpkg --set-selections < installed_packages Step Four: install the packages in the list file # apt-get dselect-upgrade Let it rip, and wait til it finishes. Enjoy your Ubuntu replicant box. Type 'man dpkg' in terminal to know more about dpkg. -- "A dog that has no bite, barks loudest." Registered Linux User #400165 http://contour.runhosting.com - free host http://baudizm.blogsome.com http://phossil.ifastnet.com Subscribed to: LARTC, Open-ITLUG, PRUG, KLUG, linuxusersgroup, sybase.public.ase.linux SHA256: 857dd62339c9fe27460b725747dfe25d5612933f7d879c35fb0cba2dadaf972f
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