I'd like to say thanks to everyone at the LUG meeting last night. So th=
anks! My girlfriend, and I very much enjoyed ourselves. It was a fun discus=
sion and I'm sure we will make it to more meetings. Even if I do have t=
o give up the open bar at the Blue Grass Community Club. I was thinking tod=
ay about what we had talked about in regards to making a list of all packag=
es installed. Well when I got home from work I was looking at DIGG and BAM =
there was a new article talking about this exactly.<div>
<br></div><div>The title was something along the lines of "How do you =
keep all of your programs and still get the benefit of a clean install.</di=
v><div><br></div><div>The full article is available here: <a href="h=
ttp://hehe2.net/linuxhowto/howto-fresh-ubuntu-install-without-losing-your-c=
urrent-settings/">http://hehe2.net/linuxhowto/howto-fresh-ubuntu-install-wi=
thout-losing-your-current-settings/</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Here is a summary:</div><div>1) Make a full list of ins=
talled applications</div><div>1-1) <span class="Apple-style-span" st=
yle="color: rgb(99, 86, 95); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-he=
ight: 18px; ">sudo dpkg –get-selections > /home/user/package.selection=
s</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(99, 86, 95); font=
-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;">1-2) If you use custom=
sources back up /etc/apt/sources.list</span></div><div><span class="Appl=
e-style-span" style="color: rgb(99, 86, 95); font-family: 'Trebuchet =
MS'; line-height: 18px;">1-3) backup your home folder including hidden =
files</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(99, 86, 95); font=
-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;">1-4) Backup all files =
to an external media</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" styl=
e="color: rgb(99, 86, 95); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-heig=
ht: 18px;"><br>
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(99, =
86, 95); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px;">2)Restore=
the installed programs</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" s=
tyle="color: rgb(99, 86, 95); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-h=
eight: 18px;">2-1)Copy the package.selections file back to your home folder=
</span></div>
<div>2-2) Restore custom sources</div><div>2-3) then run an apt-get update<=
/div><div>2-4) then run the following to download and install all the apps&=
nbsp;<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(99, 86, 95); font=
-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: 18px; ">sudo dpkg –set-sele=
ctions < /home/package.selections && apt-get dselect-upgrade</sp=
an></div>
<div>2-5) restore home folder backup including hidden files</div><div>2-6) =
log out and log back in</div><div><br></div><div>That should cover it all.<=
/div><div> </div><div>Also I had mentioned apt on cd <a href="h=
ttp://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/">http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/</a> &n=
bsp; is a nice GUI that does this but backs up the actual packages to a cd =
or dvd or usb. It is very handy for installing linux a computer with slow o=
r no internet. I like to do a VirtualBox install of the current version ins=
tall all the apps the new computer will need and then just run apt on cd.</=
div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Arron</div><div><br>-=
- <br>From:<br>Arron James Lorenz<br>Reel to Reel Drive In<br><a href="ht=
tp://www.DavenportDriveIn.com">http://www.DavenportDriveIn.com</a><br>563-5=
79-7046<br>
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