Re: [PLUG] converting 32 -> 64 bit

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@gmail.com>]

On Friday 18 December 2009 14:42:59 JP Vossen wrote:
>  > * Figure out some way to capture current non-default packages[*] so
>  > that I can script their reinstall, if possible.
> [...]
>  > [*] By "non-default packages", I mean the ones that didn't come with
>  > the distro, but I installed optionally.
> 
> I can think of at least two ways to do this.
> 
> First, I've never tried it, and I'm not sure how well that would work 
> for 32-->64 upgrade, but:
> $ man aptitude-create-state-bundle
> 
> 
> Second, these will give you a list of (more-or-less) installed .debs.
> 
> dpkg -l | grep ^i | awk '{print $2}' | sort > deb.list.old
> -- OR --
> dpkg-query --show | cut -f1 | sort > deb.list.old
> 
> The first one is more reliable, as the dpkg-query might include things 
> that were installed but have since been removed.  Man pages for both 
> are mildly useful.
> 
> So you pick one, run it, install the new system, run the same command 
> again, and diff the files (to get rid of the "default" debs).  You'll 
> almost certainly have to sort out some package names containing '32' vs 
> '64', but that should be obvious.  I also always ignore '^lib' packages 
> since anything that needs a lib will usually install it automatically.
> 
> Then you tweak your /etc/apt/sources* file(s) accordingly, build the 
> 'aptitude install' command, and run it.
> 
> 
>  > I'd also like a way to find out which non-repo packages I may have
>  > installed with dpkg (and save the debs in case they are no longer
>  > available).
> 
> The above dpkg* commands will include any/all .deb packages installed on 
> the system.  Obviously non-repo .debs will have to be pulled out and 
> handled separately.  I just build the 'aptitude install' command and try 
> it, the cull out packages it complains about it, and re-run until it 
> works, then circle back to the culls to sort them out.
> 
> Doing all of this over SSH from a stable machine with a text editor for 
> a scratch-pad and copy&paste works quite well.  Kind of self-documenting 
> too, if you save your steps.  You've seen examples I've posted to this 
> list from my docs like that.  Easy to do when you copy&paste to/from SSH.
> 


Thanks, this is just what I was looking for.  


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Art Alexion

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