Any way to pull package list from non-booted syetem?

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Post #326,500 by drook 5/18/10 4:11:51 PM 5/18/10 5:01:35 PM Reply	Any way to pull package list from non-booted syetem? Because I'm a dummy, I swapped in the new disk before grabbing a package list off the old one. I've got it mounted remotely, so I can get file-level access to it. Is there a way to pull a package, or do I need to swap them back and get the list first? UPDATE: Cue Emily Letilla: Never mind. I rebooted to apply some updates and still had the external drive powered up. So I'm booted back into the old system. It Just Works. Cool. -- Drew Edited by drook May 18, 2010, 05:01:35 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #326,511 by folkert 5/18/10 9:48:05 PM Reply	Re: Any way to pull package list from non-booted syetem? In any case. Suppose you have the old drive mounted on `/oldimage` dpkg --get-selections --admindir=/oldimage/var/lib/dpkg > oldpackagelist.txt I am assuming its a Debian derivative system.
Post #326,515 by drook 5/18/10 10:48:46 PM Reply	Cool, will be needing that Oh shit, wait, did I just save my updates to the wrong drive? Man, I gotta get this done soon. -- Drew

Any way to pull package list from non-booted syetem? - (drook) - (2) - May 18, 2010, 05:01:35 PM EDT

Re: Any way to pull package list from non-booted syetem? - (folkert) - (1) - May 18, 2010, 09:48:05 PM EDT

Cool, will be needing that - (drook) - May 18, 2010, 10:48:46 PM EDT

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