Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

[vinnywright]

OK I'v got a box that I just put 9.10 on (thare will be a user testamoney shortley) but it's going to be difacult to get it on line (but I may resort to it) the queshton is ..........is thare a way to regenerate a full package set of ALL my packages in /var/cache/apt/archives?

I'v run apt-get clean a few times and aptoncd get's it's packages from thare so what's in it (/var/cache/apt/archives) now isent compleat and all the dependenceys are NOT met

so I thought if it could be regenerated I could get a cd/dvd of a set of packages for a well setup system?

eney ideas people??

VINNY

[Snowhog]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

dpkg --get-selections > installed-software

--get-selections [package-name-pattern...]
Get list of package selections, and write it to stdout. Without
a pattern, non-installed packages (i.e. those which have been
previously purged) will not be shown.

dpkg --set-selections < installed-software

--set-selections
Set package selections using file read from stdin. This file
should be in the format '<package> <state>', where state is one
of install, hold, deinstall or purge. Blank lines and comment
lines beginning with '#' are also permitted.

[vinnywright]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

well dpkg --get-selections > installed-software .... made a nice file of all the installed packages

but i'm not shure what dpkg --set-selections < installed-software ........did ?

but it dident put the .deb's back in /var/cache/apt/archives ......ware aptoncd is looking for them?

you may half to walk me thrugh this.................papa Snowhog

VINNY

[Snowhog]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

man dpkg

apt-get install --download-only

This would be the third command. The first one creates a list of packages that are installed on the current system. The second command marks the packages with the flag 'install'. The third command will download all the marked packages, but won't install them. I believe I have this all correct.

[vinnywright]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

AAAAA ............I did look at man dpkg.........but saw nothing that planley sead to do that

thanks Mr Snowhog if it works I owe you a beer or2

VINNY

[vinnywright]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

Hummm not yet

vinny@desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --set-selections < installed-software
vinny@desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install --download-only
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
exchange ecomorph-core libscrollkeeper0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
vinny@desktop:~$

still reading and trying though............no beer yet

VINNY

[Snowhog]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

Yup. Agreed. Did my own further reading. After running my first two commands, this should action on the flagged packages and just download them.

aptitude install -d

As a special case, “install” with no arguments will act on any stored/pending actions.

So,
Step 1:

dpkg --get-selections > installed-software

Step 2:

dpkg --set-selections < installed-software

Step 3:

aptitude install -d

But, you're the tester, so...

[vinnywright]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

not yet

vinny@desktop:~$ sudo dpkg --set-selections < installed-software
[sudo] password for vinny:
vinny@desktop:~$ sudo aptitude install -d
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
ecomorph-core{u} exchange{u} libscrollkeeper0{u}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 5,968kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
Invalid response. Please enter a valid command or '?' for help.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

acualey have work today so I wont be back till about 4-5:00 PM EST.US

VINNY

[wizard10000]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

Step 3:
aptitude install -d

or

sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

What I do is back up /var/apt/cache/archives and restore it when I reinstall - then do

dpkg --set-selections < installed-software

then

sudo apt-get update

to get all the packages reregistered - then do the

sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

to reinstall the packages.

[verndog]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

I was just looking at my AptonCD Ubuntu last night. I was under the impression that AptonCD was going to do all the heavy lighting. Maybe I'm wrong but then what's the purpose of AptonCD?

[wizard10000]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

I was just looking at my AptonCD Ubuntu last night. I was under the impression that AptonCD was going to do all the heavy lighting. Maybe I'm wrong but then what's the purpose of AptonCD?

To make packages available to machines that have no connectivity or slow connectivity ;-)

[vinnywright]

Re: Aptoncd and the /var/cache/apt/archives ?

Step 3:
aptitude install -d

or

sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

What I do is back up /var/apt/cache/archives and restore it when I reinstall - then do

dpkg --set-selections < installed-software

then

sudo apt-get update

to get all the packages reregistered - then do the

sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

to reinstall the packages.

well you can see from my last post ubuve that (aptitude install -d) dident do it............ and thars no backup of the /var/apt/cache/archives we were trying to redownload all the packages in the .txt file "installed-software"
created with "dpkg --get-selections > installed-software"
to /var/apt/cache/archives ......so I could make a backup with aptoncd and transfer to .................this computer............ya I just gave up on it last night and took the network card out of my mane box and put it in this one and spent the evening updating installing extras and seting it up the way I like

the closest thing I got to restoring all the installed packages to /var/apt/cache/archives was

aptitude -d install < installed-software

from the DIR. that contand the .txt file installed-software ...........but the konsole whent krazy and for a minet looked like I had just foobard my box........and seteled down with multipall layers of stuff on it.
1 some warnings that I cant remember
2 what looked like a terminal type aptitude screen
3 under everything a printout (using "more") of the 3100 package installed-software txt file

but the box is fine however nothing got DL'd to /var/apt/cache/archives

eney way it dosent mater eneymore as the box I was trying to make the APtoncd cd for is this one I'm typing from and it's ok now..............now mabey I can make the cd on this one (havent run apt-get clean on it ) and have for futer installs

VINNY