Deciding what packages to put on an install CD

[Matthew Palmer]

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Thomas Lange wrote:

>     > 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.

If you combine dpkg -l (and a spot of cut) with apt-get -s and a bit of
trimming the fat, yes, that should work.


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