Subject: Re: Installing same packages to other computer
To: Vesa Norrman <pulahti@netscape.net>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/11/2003 15:46:54
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Vesa Norrman wrote:
> Hello, what is a convenient way to first make a list of packages
> installed on one computer and then compile and install the same packages
> in another computer? Using pkgsrc of course. The computers will have
> different OS which makes compiling necessary.
One idea is to do something like:
pkg_info -B -a | grep ^PKGPATH= | cut -c 9- | tee my-packages
Then on other system:
cd /usr/pkgsrc
while read pkg ; do (cd $pkg && make install ) ; done < my-packages
(This will end up attempting the same multiple times, because of
dependencies.)
Jeremy C. Reed
http://www.reedmedia.net/