The functionality in the following post about Synaptic sounds like an
excellent idea for reinstalling or cloning systems - being able to save
a list of installed packages and then import the list to reinstall them.
They describe a GUI implementation, which the Package Manager GUI should
be able to imitate, but CLI interfaces would be nice too. Is this already
in the plans? (Or already in the product and I've just not noticed?)
-alan-
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Save Synaptic Markings to Speed Up Ubuntu Reinstallation [Linux 101]
<http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/Lwsv2Xm93Og/save-synaptic-markings-to-speed-up-ubuntu-reinstallation>
via Lifehacker <http://lifehacker.com> by Kevin Purdy on 2/4/09
If you're about to start over with an Ubuntu installation, you don't
have to spend time selecting and reinstalling all your chosen apps and
packages. Synaptic offers a convenient solution for auto-installing your
favorites.
An Ubuntu Forums user points to an option in the default package manager
for Ubuntu (and Debian, and a few other distros as well) that your
Linux-using editors hadn't noticed. "Save Markings" in the File menu
creates a file that notes all the package names—everything—you have
installed in your current setup, and can be loaded easily into Synaptic
on your next install for automated re-installation. It's a nifty time
saver, but it likely works best on re-installations of the same OS
version—package names can sometimes change across upgrades, though the
worst that would likely happen would be an error message and some manual
searching/downloading after that.
HOWTO Reinstall all of your current packages if you do a fresh Ubuntu
install <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1057608> [Ubuntu Forums]
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