Hello, I have a Ubuntu 20.10 system that crashed its SSD main drive.
I have backups of the the following /home/users /etc /bin /usr /sbin and a few others using rsync. I was using Synaptic to install some files along with apt. Is there a way to reach back into my backup files and recover a list of the packages I had in stalled? This would serve as a way to restore a development system. Maintain a list of the current Synaptic packages installed. Re-build the system and then manually elect all the files on your previous list that you want to install. For me and I think others you always end up with a bunch of packages you really don’t need so best not to re-install everything. I see ways to get a list of installed files on a active system but not from the backups of one that has crashed. Just to mention, I had trouble pulling the root based folders back in using rsync because it changes all the owners. Also don’t find the Backup/Restore application in Ubuntu to be very friendly and easy to use. Looked through the history here on this archive for info on this topic but not seeing a good reference. Seems like the Synaptic History would be keeping a file someplace with this type info or a log file possible? Bob
