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On Saturday, 26 February 2022 12:07:40 GMT Ramces Tampo-og Red wrote: |
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> spareproject776 <spareproject776@×××××.com> writes: |
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> > On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 06:47:12PM +0800, Ramces Tampo-og Red wrote: |
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> >> Hello list, |
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> >> I'm a sort-of newbie gentoo user and I just wanted to ask if what I'm |
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> >> thinking is possible or if I'm just being stupid. But either way, I was |
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> >> wondering if it is possible to export a list of all installed software |
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> >> in emerge and use that to recreate on another gentoo install. |
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> >> I have a bunch of PCs that are all similarly specced and I wanted to |
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> >> create a minimal install "template" for all of them. If not, would it be |
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> >> possible to pipe-in to emerge from stdin an output of all of the package |
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> >> names that I wanted it to emerge? |
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> >> I'm really sorry if this might be a stupid question. I'd appreciate any |
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> >> guidance in the matter. |
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> >> Cheers! |
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> > emerge -avbk $(tr '\n' ' ' < /var/lib/portage/world) |
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> > If your doing more than one box binhost / binpkg has a far higher return |
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> > for alot more effort upfront provided you can live with -mtune=generic. |
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> Thanks! I will check this out. |
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This is the page which explains how to build binary packages on one host and |
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then install them on other PCs, without having to re-complile/rebuild them |
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from source: |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide |
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It saves a lot of time, especially if you want to update slower machines. |