restore list of packages with dselect September 4, 2006
Posted by oktyabr in debian, hacking, linux, tutorials.1 comment so far
Had seen this howto before but thought there was also one using apt-get? Can’t find that one yet but will post if/when I do 
Basically it involves generating a text file of all installed packages and then saving it to a disk, remote host, email, etc. Then on a fresh install this list can be used to install all of the previous packages automagically. Useful for reinstalls or mass deployment over similar systems!
