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DPKG Get Selections

Posted Jul 3, 2022 Updated Jul 4, 2022
By jonny peace
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Quick way to get a copy of your debain packages and reinstall

  • Export installed packages
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dpkg --get-selections > dpkg.list
  • Update the cache
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sudo apt update
  • Install dselect
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sudo apt install dselect
  • Update dselect
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sudo dselect update
  • Set selections
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sudo dpkg --set-selections < dpkg.list
  • Install from dpkg.list
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sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
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