Kubuntu Alpha's

[Knapp]

> Hi Douglas,
>
> You need the list of installed packages from a freshly installed and
> updated system. Then you can take this list and use apt-get or
> aptitude to install "all" the packages in this list. That would of
> course only install the packages that are not already installed on
> your system. You then end up with the base packages and everything
> that you installed in addition to that.
> Now the question is of course: Where to get the list of a freshly
> installed system? Some people will tell you to boot from a Live-CD and
> create it from the live system. That would be a start, but there are
> packages (for example games) in the live system that are not installed
> on a fresh system.
> Here are the commands you need:
> On the freshly installed and updated system type on a console
>
> sudo dpkg --get-selections | cut -f1 -d '       ' > fresh-install-list
>
> This creates the list of installed packages in the folder you are
> right now.. This one is a bit tricky since the long space between the
> ' is a tab. You CANNOT copy it from the email because then it gets
> substituted with spaces. To create a tab on the console press "Ctrl +
> V" followed by "Ctrl + Tab".
> Copy the list to the other system and type the following in a console
> (go to the folder that contains the list first if needed):
>
> sudo aptitude install `cat fresh-install-list`
>
> Carefully read the output before you accept the changes this has the
> potential to create a lot of dependency problems if you installed
> packages form other repositories. In the best case it should tell you
> that all packages are already the newest version.
>
> You can simulate this step by changing the command to:
>
> sudo aptitude -s install `cat fresh-install-list`
>
> I could provide you with a list of a freshly installed system from
> last week. Just let me know how to get it to you.
>
>
> Sascha

I was mostly asking in order to learn and you have just taught me a
lot! Thanks. I would try it but it sounds like a lot of work for all
and 9.10 is almost out.

I think for my real solution I will wait until 9.10 is out and install
with that and a totally clean system. Then I will import my files from
my real 8.04 system (kde3). Then 9.10 will become my real system. I
will then be brave and drop KDE 3/8.04 unless someone here thinks that
is a bad idea! Is KDE 4 REALLY up to being a stable work system yet? I
can't have it crashing on me or loosing data. Switching to grub 2 and
ext4 and KDE 4 has me very frightened!

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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