how to get package list
H0wdy... i need to create a backup of my system but i don't want to copy all the progs (i need only the package list). all the configuration (/etc) i have allready copied. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to get package list
On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 06:34:36PM +0300, Jabka Atu wrote: i need to create a backup of my system but i don't want to copy all the progs (i need only the package list). Debian makes it nice and easy to get a list of all installed packages: # dpkg --get-selections aalib1 install abcde install adduser install ... -- The freedoms that we enjoy presently are the most important victories of the White Hats over the past several millennia, and it is vitally important that we don't give them up now, only because we are frightened. - Eolake Stobblehouse (http://stobblehouse.com/text/battle.html) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to get package list
On Saturday 12 August 2006 10:34 am, Jabka Atu wrote:
H0wdy...
i need to create a backup of my system but i don't want to copy all the
progs (i need only the package list).
dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' /path/to/output/dpkg-filelist
Sample output looks like :
Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems
Name
a2ps
a52dec
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