[balug-talk] cloning a Debian installation

[Michael Paoli]

dpkg --get-selections
dpkg --set-selections

references/excerpts:
dpkg(8)
sort(1)
comm(1)

Quoting Joe Brenner:

> What's your favorite method for duplicating a Debian (or Debian-based)
> installation from one machine on to another?  
> 
> At the moment I'm just looking for a way to get a listing of installed 
> packages on one box, and using that list to install packages on another...