From: "Norman Rieß" <norman@smash-net.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Howto generate a list of installed packages?
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:44:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B386FFF.7010307@smash-net.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890912272350v6fdfb583u6188fc22eff3b31b@mail.gmail.com>
Alan E. Davis wrote:
> Season's Greetings to one and all.
>
> I would like to be able to generate a script or list of packages of
> some kind that would enable me to install Gentoo with an identical
> profile of installed packages. Since with Debian/Ubuntu one can run
> dpkg --get-selections > file
> and
> dpkg --set-selections < file
> (or some such), one imagines that the Gentoo gurus/magicians are able
> to do something similar.
>
> It takes me months to get a new machine up to speed. In fact, I have
> just realized I don't have tcsh installed, something I hardly EVER
> use, but need to run a one of a kind script.
>
> Can anyone make a suggestion? Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks
>
> Alan Davis
/var/lib/portage/world contains all packages you installed. Copy that
file over to you new system and do a emerge --sync && emerge -puDN world
and you should be done.
Norman
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-12-28 10:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-28 7:50 [gentoo-user] Howto generate a list of installed packages? Alan E. Davis
2009-12-28 8:37 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-12-28 8:43 ` Dale
2009-12-28 8:44 ` Norman Rieß [this message]
2009-12-28 12:46 ` Roger Mason
2009-12-28 15:57 ` Kenneth Prugh
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