Moving Package List

From: Sam Halliday (samuel_at_ma.hw.ac.uk)
Date: 05/28/04

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    Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 20:57:56 +0100
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    hello,

    i know this is probably somthing which is discussed often on the list... but i
    was unable to find anything in the archives, the apt FAQ or several google
    searches... so i'm posting to the list.

    i have a machine running Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable with a package list i
    am very happy with. i would like to move this configuration to another machine
    which i am performing a fresh install on. how can i get a list of all the
    packages on this system and how can i read that info into the new one?

    also... can i keep the aptitude package states? it seems a bit of a hack, and
    cause all kinds of hell if i were to just copy over /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates

    cheers,
    Sam 

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