Migration to Dapper

[Serg Belokamen]

> > * I have not kept track of many additional software on Horay. Is there
> > a way to find out which additional software (Java, Flash, RealPlayer,
> > Adobe, etc) I have installed so that I can install them on Dapper?

If you didn't keep track you might be in pain my friend. If however
you have a spare machien or a spare HDD, do a virgin install and run
updates. This will give you a base system.
Then do a dpkg -l > base_system_deb.txt On your real system do the
same and then run a diff utility on the two files.

If you were refering to compiled packages on the other hand, you
should have all of them backed up, maybe in /usr/local/src or
something... As you should! Or once again its SOL dude.

Don't think this was much help but option #1 could be useful.

   Serg

On 23/02/06, Sasha Tsykin <stsykin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Rajiv Vyas wrote:
> > I am eventually planning to migrate to Dapper one it's out. Two questions:
> >
> > * What's the easiest way to back up files -- I pretty much save every
> > file in my home directory but emails (Evolution, Thunderbird), Tomboy
> > notes, etc. are saved in their own directories or folders.
> >
> > * I have not kept track of many additional software on Horay. Is there
> > a way to find out which additional software (Java, Flash, RealPlayer,
> > Adobe, etc) I have installed so that I can install them on Dapper?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rajiv
> Just go to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and replace all mentions of
> hoary with breezy. Then type sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get
> dist-upgrade. Then go back to that file and replace every mention of
> breezy with dapper and type sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get
> dist-upgrade again. You might want to comment out the reference to the
> cd too because it will keep popping up annoying error messages otherwise.
>
> Sasha
>
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