johann_p
November 18th, 2010, 01:15 AM
I do have an Ubuntu 10.04 system that does not boot anymore (see here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1624363)) and if there is no way to fix it, I will have to install it.
For that case I would like to save not only the /home/someuser directory first but also get a list of selected packages that I can use after a fresh installation to automatically install the same packages that were present on the old system.
So, I booted into a Live Ubuntu session ... is there a file or some other way to get the selected packages in a way that is equivalent to:
dpkg --get-selections
Which of course cannot be done on a system that cannot be booted anymore.
For that case I would like to save not only the /home/someuser directory first but also get a list of selected packages that I can use after a fresh installation to automatically install the same packages that were present on the old system.
So, I booted into a Live Ubuntu session ... is there a file or some other way to get the selected packages in a way that is equivalent to:
dpkg --get-selections
Which of course cannot be done on a system that cannot be booted anymore.