tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230692678867105904.post9129043148222256254..comments2023-09-02T11:19:06.822-04:00Comments on Stubborn Tech Problem Solving: Duplicating subsets of package selections between systemsjhansonxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02954133518928245196noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230692678867105904.post-47185363565191613912010-06-04T08:22:25.551-04:002010-06-04T08:22:25.551-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230692678867105904.post-18743639310764406782010-05-17T07:35:42.677-04:002010-05-17T07:35:42.677-04:00@jhansonxi
I think that by "subset," he...@jhansonxi<br /><br />I think that by "subset," he meant the games. The games packages are a subset of the whole packages installed on the system. This is what I understood.Amr Heshamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923881894756677831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230692678867105904.post-50022182503730298462010-05-16T14:50:14.239-04:002010-05-16T14:50:14.239-04:00I think you missed the "subset" part in ...I think you missed the "subset" part in the title. How do you select only packages in the "game" section with dpkg?jhansonxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954133518928245196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8230692678867105904.post-7260837305188220192010-05-16T10:33:01.051-04:002010-05-16T10:33:01.051-04:00Wouldn't it be easier to just:
On Source Mach...Wouldn't it be easier to just:<br /><br />On Source Machine<br />1. dpkg –get-selections > installed-software<br /><br />On Target Machine<br />2. dpkg –set-selections < installed-software<br /><br />3. dselect<br /><br />And if you combine this with APTONCD you can move the packages if they still exist on the source system.Muffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00399439852344038022noreply@blogger.com