[QCLUG] Ubuntu fresh install without loosing packages

[Steve Langasek]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 05:52:51PM -0600, Chris Cooper wrote:
> During the meeting this week there was some discussion about backing
> up all your Ubuntu packages so you could do a fresh install without
> loosing anything.

> Here is a good set of instructions I found:
> http://hehe2.net/linuxhowto/howto-fresh-ubuntu-install-without-losing-your-current-settings/

> sudo dpkg –get-selections > /home/user/package.selections
            ^

Somewhere along the line, something in your mail pipeline is being
"helpful".  This must be a literal "--", not the "–" that it's been replaced
with here...

Cheers,
-- 
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