[arch-general] Best way to clone install (package selection to another box?)

[Andrei Thorp]

Funny enough, I did think of copying my packages over when I was
trying to clone a machine. But then I realized my target machine was
x86_64 and my main machine was x86 :}

Oh well.

-AT

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:57 AM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> Juan Diego wrote:
> box1:
>
> pacman -Qet | awk '{print $1}' >> INSTALLED
>
> box 2:
>
> (first copy files from /var/cache/pacman/pkg in box1 to box2 and also
> INSTALLED file)
> pacman -S $(cat installed)
>
> Pierre Schmitz wrote:
>
> or just
> pacman -Qqet > INSTALLED
>
> Daniel J Griffiths wrote:
>> If you're looking for something simple, I have a script in the AUR
>> called Packup that allows you to backup and restore installed packages.
>>
>
> Juan, Pierre & Daniel,
>
>        That is the next best thing since sliced bread. Thank you all. Beats having to
> roll-your-own any day. Looking at:
>
>        usage:  pacman {-Q --query} [options] [package]
>          -e, --explicit       list all packages explicitly installed
>          -q, --quiet          show less information for query and search
>          -t, --unrequired     list all packages not required by any package
>
> it makes sense now, but I wouldn't have put those pieces together without
> help;-) But, I got close! (even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a
> while):
>
> for i in $(find /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ -type f); do
>        TMP=${i##*/}
>        FILE=${TMP%%-[[:digit:]]*}
>        echo $FILE >> ~/linux/INSTALLED
> done
>
>        creates the equivalent of "pacman -Qqet > INSTALLED" (although not in one
> swipe), and "pacman --sync $( < ~/linux/INSTALLED)" would have gotten the rest.
> The big missing piece of the puzzle was rsyncing the files from box1 -> box2
> instead of requiring a complete re-download of the files. I like it! Thanks again!
>
>        The info has been duly saved to my basket notepads archive and will be handy
> as soon as I get my little kde problem sorted. (PS, I found /etc/rc.d/kdm3, so
> I'm getting warmer)
>
>
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