I think that will print out all packages installed on his system, not just the ones he has specified. I believe something like:
sudo apt-get install deborphan deborphan -a -p 1 this will print out all packages installed on your system that aren't dependencies of another package. That's the closest way I can think of to get what you are looking for, although it will include some things that you didn't specify personally but were included as part of the base install (ex. ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-standard, grep, etc.) -Tim On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm thinking: > > sudo dpkg --list > packages.txt > > Then print out the packages.txt ? > > Aaron > > aa...@kalosaurusrex:~$ > Discere docendo - To learn through teaching. > Libera Te Tutemet - You, free yourself. > > > > > 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? >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
