Create a list of packages from your Debian

[Michael]

Create a list of packages from your Debian:

To create a txt file:

 dpkg --get-selections '*' > /tmp/selections.txt

To reinstall the packages from the txt file:

awk '$2=="hold" || $2 == "install" {print $1}' /tmp/selections.txt |
  xargs -r apt-get -d -y reinstall

To print a list:

dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ { print $2 ;}'