Comments on: Transfer your packages to a clean install http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/transfer-your-packages-to-a-clean-install/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transfer-your-packages-to-a-clean-install Everything Ubuntu. Daily. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan Orthhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/transfer-your-packages-to-a-clean-install/#comment-36957 Alan Orth Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:03:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/05/transfer-your-packages-to-a-clean-install/#comment-36957 After using the "get-selections" and "set-selections" method you have to actually tell apt to make the changes (ie, install the packages): sudo apt-get -u dselect-upgrade After using the “get-selections” and “set-selections” method you have to actually tell apt to make the changes (ie, install the packages): sudo apt-get -u dselect-upgrade

]]> By: InTheFadehttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/transfer-your-packages-to-a-clean-install/#comment-27577 InTheFade Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/05/transfer-your-packages-to-a-clean-install/#comment-27577 fakeroot -u dpkg-repack `dpkg –get-selections | grep install | cut -f1`Should be: fakeroot -u dpkg-repack `dpkg --get-selections | grep install | cut -f1`Copying and pasting the original command doesn't work at all. It's missing the second dash, and I'm not even sure the single dash is a real dash! Showed up as a period in my terminal. fakeroot -u dpkg-repack `dpkg –get-selections | grep install | cut -f1`

Should be:
fakeroot -u dpkg-repack `dpkg –get-selections | grep install | cut -f1`

Copying and pasting the original command doesn’t work at all. It’s missing the second dash, and I’m not even sure the single dash is a real dash! Showed up as a period in my terminal.

]]> By: Mikehttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/transfer-your-packages-to-a-clean-install/#comment-25385 Mike Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:46:00 +0000 http://www.omgubuntu.dreamhosters.com/2010/05/transfer-your-packages-to-a-clean-install/#comment-25385 Will the packages resolve themselves if the system that is being migrated to has a newer version of Ubuntu using the second method? Would there be any problems in doing that? Will the packages resolve themselves if the system that is being migrated to has a newer version of Ubuntu using the second method? Would there be any problems in doing that?

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