Re-install - Auto Configure

StephenS1949 · April 17, 2011, 11:28pm

Hi,
Is there a way to get a list of all packages installed since install (that are currently on the system) and upon re-install run an application that will automatically install those packages. This would save greatly on initialisation time (the re-set up afterwards)
Essentially, I want to re-install and/or move to another machine and want to the new install to reflect the system as it currently stands
Kind Regards

martin_helm · April 17, 2011, 11:49pm

rpm -qa
gives you alist of all packages on the system. From this output you now just
need to write a script which reduces every line to the basename and a script
which calls a “zypper in” for every line.

martin_helm · April 17, 2011, 11:58pm

martin_helm wrote:

> rpm -qa
> gives you alist of all packages on the system. From this output you now
> just need to write a script which reduces every line to the basename and a
> script which calls a “zypper in” for every line.
>
As an alternative to this handmade solution (I guess some people already did
it and I am sure they are willing to share their scripts) have a look at
autoyast.

Install the package autoyast2 and afterwards you will find a new module in
yast which is named ‘automatic installation’ or similar. Have a look if that
is what you want.