[ubuntu-uk] Re-installs - How do exp users do it?

[Matthew Wild]

Hi,

Firstly, I always have /home as a seperate partition. This preserves
my files and per-user settings.

As for installed software, there is a way to save what packages are
currently installed. After installing the new Ubuntu, you can have it
reinstall the packages automatically. This said however, I always make
the list but I have never used it. There is something I like about a
fresh start :-)

In Terminal:
dpkg --get-selections > filename
dpkg --set-selections < filename
...to save and restore package states respectively.

Hope this helps,
Matthew

On 03/09/07, Eddie Armstrong <eddie_armstrong at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I often read users saying when a new or new stable version is released
> they do a fresh install and then re-install all their configs and
> programs and other goodies.
> So...
> If I want to do a fresh install as above to end up with almost a clone
> of my present system running on a new version of Ubuntu (or just a clean
> one ) how can I get all my settings and all my programs etc without
> doing it all manually - one program at a time  ?? How do the exp people
> do it?
> Eddie
>
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