re-installing kubuntu and keeping old applications

[molinuxed]

Hi All...

I want to do a re-installation of Kubuntu but would like to keep all the applications that i was using already.

My /home directory is not mounted on a different partition.

All help is appreciated.

[MoonRise]

Re: re-installing kubuntu and keeping old applications

I don't think you can, but this command line will create a list of what you do have installed and you can use it to recreate your installed apps. Run this in console and it will create the text file myinstalled.txt.

dpkg -l > myinstalled.txt

[Rog131]

Re: re-installing kubuntu and keeping old applications



1) You need to backup your /home. KDE and program settings are there.
2) Get list of installed packages:

Topic: Get list of installed packages?
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085703.0

=>Ubuntu Tricks - how to generate a list of installed packages and use it to reinstall packages
http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=564

3) Install Kubuntu (it will overwrite your old kubuntu)
4) Use your package list to install all packages again.
5) Restore your /home (KDE and program settings)


Note

askrieger told:

From Topic: Installing Edgy or Dapper over Breezy and saving configs
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=12039
(HOWTO : Dapper to Feisty
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=13511.0)

DO NOT, I repeat N*O*T try to upgrade straight from Breezy to Edgy without upgrading
to Dapper in between. If you don't want to bother with Dapper, (which some people
like better than Edgy), then store all of your personal "stuff", including your
/home/joneall/.* <-- note the dot directories and probably your /etc/ directory tree as
well. Then install Edgy from scratch, and reinstall all your configurations and your
personal files.

About separate /home

RecommendSeparateHome
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecommendSeparateHome

Rationale

Having a separate partition for /home is always a good idea, since it lets you reinstall your system without losing valuable personal data. This can be especially useful in a distro like Ubuntu, where users have the chance to upgrade their install quite often (every six months) and might want to perform a clean install to avoid potential problems. Nevertheless, and while some other distros out there already do this automatically, Ubuntu doesn't.

How to: Create a separate home partition in Ubuntu
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome

Introduction
This guide is for creating a separate /home partition if you already installed Ubuntu without a /home partition (i.e., /home is just a folder inside your / partition).

=> I would: 1) Make separate home (and data partitions).
2) Make clean installation (and just mount home and data partitions)

[Guest]

Re: re-installing kubuntu and keeping old applications

Hi All...

I want to do a re-installation of Kubuntu but would like to keep all the applications that i was using already.

My /home directory is not mounted on a different partition.

All help is appreciated.

Take a look at Steve Young's blog:
http://steveyoung.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/47/

[molinuxed]

Re: re-installing kubuntu and keeping old applications

Thanks a lot guys for all your help.
I have re-installed but I am still having trouble linking to the separate home partition.
I keep getting a kstartupconfig error.

[Rog131]

Re: re-installing kubuntu and keeping old applications

I keep getting a kstartupconfig error.

What kind of error ?

What do you have in the fstab ?

My / is at sdb1 and home is at the sdb2 =>

Part of my fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>  <type> <options>    <dump> <pass>
proc      /proc      proc  defaults    0    0
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=75bb010f-19d2-42e5-a136-15711d8fa4a6 /        ext3  defaults,errors=remount-ro 0    1
# /dev/sdb2
UUID=11ef7adc-f027-42e5-9fdb-c68a39019f83 /home      ext3  defaults    0    2

Links:

How to fstab
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=283131

Topic: Hard Drive Troubles
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3086968.0

Topic: New Hard Drive
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3086856.0