Deciding what packages to put on an install CD

Thomas Lange lange at informatik.Uni-Koeln.DE
Thu Nov 28 17:00:03 CET 2002


>>>>> On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 13:12:56 +1100 (EST), Matthew Palmer <mjp16 at ieee.uow.edu.au> said:

    > On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Bruce Edge wrote:
    >> I want to grab all specified and dependant packages from the
    >> package lists in package_config/* to put on the install CD.
I think apt-get -s install (-=s => simulate) is the correct way. But
the output depends on the packages already installed on the system,
where you call this command. So maybe use it in a brand new nfsroot
using chroot.

-- 
Gruss Thomas



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