I have created a file with "dpkg --get-selections". Now I would like
to import these files on another pc and install these packages.

I tried "dpkg --set-selections < packagefiles.txt" and now I am
unsure how to go on. Do I need aptitude in any case? I want to
install the new files only, already installed files should be
untouched.

Al

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On Mon, Mar 07 2005, Al Bogner wrote:

> I have created a file with "dpkg --get-selections". Now I would like
> to import these files on another pc and install these packages.
>
> I tried "dpkg --set-selections < packagefiles.txt" and now I am
> unsure how to go on. Do I need aptitude in any case? I want to
> install the new files only, already installed files should be
> untouched.

Just run dselect and choose [I]nstall.

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Hello

Neil Woods (<cnw+usenet@pobox.com> ) wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 07 2005, Al Bogner wrote:
> 
>
> Just run dselect and choose [I]nstall.

Or run apt-get dselect-upgrade.

best regards
Andreas Janssen

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Neil Woods wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 07 2005, Al Bogner wrote:
> 
>
> Just run dselect and choose [I]nstall.

I tried this with aptitude and some but not all packages were
installed. Is my syntax as mentioned above correct:
"dpkg --set-selections < packagefiles.txt"

Especially I had the problem, that the running kernel should be
installed again. Ok I can block this, but probably I did something
wrong with the upgrade. I pressed "g" with aptitude.

What do I have to do to remove / purge packages, which are already
installed, but not listed in "packagefiles.txt"?

Al

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Hello

Al Bogner (<root.forward.dev.null@n04c-nospam.pinguin.uni.cc> ) wrote:

> What do I have to do to remove / purge packages, which are already
> installed, but not listed in "packagefiles.txt"?

You can create a diff of the packagefiles.txt and the new result of dpkg
--get-selections. There is also a way to make dpkg list packages that
have been marked removed on the source computer:

/usr/bin/dpkg --get-selections \*

best regards
Andreas Janssen

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