Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

Ok, having done a find -name *.deb at root, the only files I found were the .debs in my install folder on MMC2. it appears that OS2007 does NOT store the install files at least not as .deb.

On to the next idea...


-John

Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

I'm pretty sure OS2007 dumps them there too by default, what does "apt-config dump | grep Cache"

say?

Mine shows:
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";

Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

Nokia-N800-39:/# apt-config dump | grep Cache
-sh: apt-config: not found

Mine can not find the apt-config executable. Now that is odd..


-John

Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

I just looked at an old backup of my OS2007 install, and apt-config isn't there either, but there was a bunch of crap in /var/cache/apt/archives

Did you try installing something today via repository and checking /var/cache/apt/archives immediately after downloading?

It has to store em some place! I just think they're being nuked at some point afterwards.

Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

also i have os2008(release) and i have nothing into /var/cache/apt/archives
i've see that ONLY apps installed via "apt-get install" go there, other installed via
application manager does not.

Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

You have to enable Redpillmode, then you'll get a new checkbox called "Clear apt cache" in your Programmanager's options dialog. I think this might be the solution.

Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

Yeah I think you've got it, I almost exclusively use apt-get install from the command line, forgot about that whole application manager thing :)

Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

The clean way to get the list of installed package and transfer the list to another machine and install this list is with this:
dpkg --get-selections > list.txt

then to sync the list on another device:
dpkg --set-selections < list.txt

Yes, in theory it's as easy as this

:)

Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

this lists ALL applications installed not only the one i've installed...
any way to get only applications i've installed and then download only
all the needed packages on disk ?

thanks :)

Re: Upgrading firmware & keeping applications
 

If anyone finds the dpkg logfile, it would be easy to do; based on the date.
Otherwise, application installed by user=application currently installed - application initially installed.
Now you have to know which ones were initially installed...

What's the problem with getting the full list?