Guguweb - packageshttps://www.guguweb.com/2022-01-07T11:48:54+01:00Freelance developer and sysadminBackup and restore apt packages on Debian-Ubuntu2018-07-24T15:43:06+00:002022-01-07T11:48:54+01:00Augusto Destrerotag:www.guguweb.com,2018-07-24:/2018/07/24/backup-and-restore-apt-packages-on-debian-ubuntu/<p>Suppose you want to install all the apt packages already installed on one server to another one.</p>
<p>On the source machine execute the following commands to make a list of installed packages and their “states” (installed manually or automatically):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>sudo dpkg --get-selections &gt; pkgs_selection.lst
sudo apt-mark showauto &gt …</code></pre></div><p>Suppose you want to install all the apt packages already installed on one server to another one.</p>
<p>On the source machine execute the following commands to make a list of installed packages and their “states” (installed manually or automatically):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>sudo dpkg --get-selections &gt; pkgs_selection.lst
sudo apt-mark showauto &gt; pkgs_auto.lst
sudo apt-mark showmanual &gt; pkgs_manual.lst
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<p>Copy files <strong>pkgs_selection.lst</strong>, <strong>pkgs_auto.lst</strong> and <strong>pkgs_manual.lst</strong> to the destination machine.</p>
<p>On the destination machine execute the following commands to install the packages that are installed in the source machine and set the correct “state” for packages:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code>sudo apt-get install dselect
sudo dselect update
sudo dpkg --set-selections &lt; pkgs_selection.lst
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade
sudo apt-mark auto $(cat pkgs_auto.lst)
sudo apt-mark manual $(cat pkgs_manual.lst)
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<p>Bye!</p>