Re: [gentoo-user] Howto generate a list of installed packages?

[Roger Mason]

"Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@×××××.com> writes:

>    Season's Greetings to one and all.
>    I would like to be able to generate a script or list of packages of
>    some kind that would enable me to install Gentoo with an identical
>    profile of installed packages.  Since with Debian/Ubuntu one can run
>       dpkg --get-selections > file
>    and
>       dpkg --set-selections < file
>    (or some such), one imagines that the Gentoo gurus/magicians are able
>    to do something similar.
>    It takes me months to get a new machine up to speed.  In fact, I have
>    just realized I don't have tcsh installed, something I hardly EVER use,
>    but need to run a one of a kind script.
>    Can anyone make a suggestion?  Am I missing something?
>    Thanks
>    Alan Davis

You might also consider a stage4 installation:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Custom_Stage4

I have just gone through this procedure to re-install gentoo on a laptop
that had not been updated in a very long time.

Cheers,
Roger