Re: [gNewSense-users] [shadow cloning gnewsense]

[Sam Geeraerts]

chika schreef:
> i want to clone my previous gnewsense installation from another pc...
>
> 2341                 To make a local copy of the package selection states:
> # dpkg --get-selections >installed_apps
> 2343                You might transfer this file to another computer, and
> install it there with:
> # dpkg --clear-selections
> # dpkg --set-selections <installed_apps
> # dselect && apt-get autoremove
>
> but don't work on dselect
>
> any other way?

Try this:

# dpkg --get-selections >installed_apps
# dpkg --clear-selections
# dpkg --set-selections <installed_apps
# apt-get dselect-upgrade

Make sure you have the same /etc/apt/sources.list file on both computers 
(and maybe also /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*).