I'm thinking:

sudo dpkg --list > packages.txt

Then print out the packages.txt ?

Aaron

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On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 13:51, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have made a full system backup, plus I have made a second backup of
> ~/ to another location. I am about to leave for Fry's where I will
> purchase a new hard drive for my Thinkpad T61. My intention is to
> install 64-bit Debian Squeeze on the new hard drive and put the old one
> (with Jaunty) in a USB case.
>
> After installing Debian I will play with it for a week or so to see
> whether I like it better than the Jaunty on the old hard disk. In the
> process I will want to reinstall all my apps. I assume that Squeeze
> (like Ubuntu) will come with some applications, but I have a ton more
> that I installed. I'd like to get a list of them, preferably on paper,
> before I take out the old hard disk.
>
> Synaptic lists 2203 packages installed. Not only do I not see any way
> to print out the list from Synaptic, I also note that the vast majority
> are dependencies for "real" programs that I have installed, as well as
> dependencies for Ubuntu itself. Synaptic does have a utility to create
> a script to install all programs on another computer, but that is not
> my desire. Part of the process is housecleaning - I want to install
> most of the programs I currently have installed in Ubuntu, but not
> necessarily all of them. Furthermore, some may be causing my continuing
> problems with bluetooth and other issues.
>
> I can go into Applications and write everything down on a piece of
> paper, but there are a lot of command line programs that I have
> installed as well.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
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