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Hi http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/show-the-list-of-installed-packages-on-ubuntu-or-debian/ suggests using dpkg --get-selections to produce a list of installed packages, you could pipe this to a file then pipe that back in to apt to reinstall stuff HOWEVER I simply prefer to start fresh, install base system and then add what is needed, over time I find myself installing more stuff, that rarely gets used if at all, say to have a look at a specific program, you remove it but it may leave things behind. I am not sure how --get-selections takes into account items installed from PPA archives (used to grab later versions or specific software) it could come up with an error when you try and install something originally in a PPA or just install the wrong version you may find the newer OS already includes the newer version in its repository and you could again end up with issues. Maybe take that list, save as a text file then go through it manually to decide exactly what you want to be installed on your new system, it may take longer but may reduce issues longer term. Hope this helps Paul On 06/05/16 11:19, Tom wrote: > I've just got me a new laptop and set up Xubuntu 16.04 on it. > I was going to set up my home directory on the old Xubuntu 15.10 on it > available to the new one via NFS and then just copy the whole thing over > to my new home directory. > This should be OK shouldnt it? Or will I need to chown? > Also what's the easiest way to get a list of all the packages on the > 15.10 over to the 16.04 to get it to apt-install them? > Tom te tom te tom > -- http://www.zleap.net diaspora : zleap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Torbay Tech Jam http://torbaytechjam.org.uk Software freedom day 17th September 2016 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq