Save a list of installed software

DupermanDave · #1 31st March 2011, 03:51 PM

Since Fedora isn't a rolling release distro like I'm used to, I was wondering if there was a way to save a list of installed packages to make the next upgrade easier. I'm eagerly waiting for FC15, but still on FC14, and I would like to know if there's a way to export a file that yum can reference to reinstall what program titles I already have installed.

jpollard · #2 31st March 2011, 04:15 PM

I believe that would be:

yum list installed

The output can then be used for several things. I've used it to extract the name (split the first column by "." and drop the last entry) when I had a problem with a laptop install. Then used that list to rebuild. It took a while, but worked fine.

SiliconSlick · #3 31st March 2011, 04:28 PM

Code:

 rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}\n" | sort > rpmlist

SS (who makes such a list for every upgrade)

leigh123linux · #4 31st March 2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SiliconSlick

Code:

 rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}\n" | sort > rpmlist

SS (who makes such a list for every upgrade)

Listing arch is +

Code:

rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}.%{ARCH}\n" | sort > rpmlist

YeOK · #5 31st March 2011, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DupermanDave

Since Fedora isn't a rolling release distro like I'm used to, I was wondering if there was a way to save a list of installed packages to make the next upgrade easier. I'm eagerly waiting for FC15, but still on FC14, and I would like to know if there's a way to export a file that yum can reference to reinstall what program titles I already have installed.

You can also just use the preupgrade tool. Yum will then install all your packages as it updates to Fedora 15.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PreUpgrade

DupermanDave · #6 7th July 2012, 06:22 PM

I have a long overdue followup to this question. Is there a way to save a list of repositories I'm using (like for VLC, Dropbox, Handbrake, etc...) so that after I save the list of installed software I can install the software again from those repositories?

Essentially I'd like to eventually write a backup script to save a list of installed/uninstalled programs, save a list of repos, and then if I ever need to upgrade ot reinstall Fedora I can just run the script and it'll restore my list.

RupertPupkin · #7 7th July 2012, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DupermanDave

Is there a way to save a list of repositories I'm using

Code:

yum repolist

secipolla · #8 7th July 2012, 07:05 PM

Code:

man show-installed

I think it comes with yum-utils

DupermanDave · #9 16th September 2012, 08:40 PM

Quick question before I b0rk my system AGAIN. What command would be used to restore the list? On another thread I saw it was: yum -y install $(cat /home/[user]/Desktop/installed-software.log)

But for some reason that doesn't look right. Maybe it's the lack of sleep.

***DBelton*** · #10 17th September 2012, 02:42 AM

Yep.. That's how you would do it with a txt file created like in post #3 or 4 above.

Just make sure that the path and file name are the same as when you saved the file.

yum -y install $(cat /home/[user]/Desktop/installed-software.log)

That would work, just make sure that [user] is changed to the users name where the file is located.

A simpler form would be yum -y install $(cat rpmlist)

Doing it that way, the file would have to be in your current directory.

Edit:

Now to confuse matters..

Code:

rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}\n" | sort > rpmlist.txt

now to add a few things to the file so that yum can read it back and process it

sed  -i 's/^/install /' rpmlist.txt 
sed '$ a\run' rpmlist.txt > rpmlist2.txt

now read it back into yum and run it:

yum shell rpmlist2.txt

DupermanDave · #11 22nd October 2012, 03:45 AM

I have another question after using the method described above.

How do I remove a list of apps installed by default? For example, I reinstalled F17. When I install F18 (when it's released) I'd like to be able to just uninstall the programs I don't use, like Caligra, Dragon Player, KDE Games, etc...

How do I save a list of programs that are NOT installed? Basically tell yum to look at a text file like the one exported previously and tell yum that if there's a program not listed on there, remove it. Or, if there's a more efficient way, what would it be?

flyingfsck · #12 22nd October 2012, 04:32 AM

Howdy,

You need to read up on Redhat Kickstart. The list installed by Anaconda during the initial installation is in /root/anaconda-ks.cfg. You can use that as a starting point and augment it with the yum list, edit and save the new kickstart file, then do unattended automatic installs of a few thousand machines.