Comments on: Ubuntu Karmic Koala – Clean Install vs Upgrade

By: Wesley Schwengle

Wesley Schwengle — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:29:13 +0000

sudo dpkg –set-selections /home/USERNAME/packages.backup

Should be;

sudo dpkg –set-selections < /home/USERNAME/packages.backup

BTW, adding keys again is fairly simple:

sudo apt-key adv –keyserver KEYSERVER –recv-keys KEYID

KEYSERVER can be: keyserver.ubuntu.com or wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net and others, although I only use these two servers. KEYID speaks for itself :)
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By: Indrek

Indrek — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:39:25 +0000

That’s a good point Don!

Since I didn’t backup the sources file personally I hadn’t even thought about that.

After some searching I found this article http://artanis00.blogspot.com/2009/08/getting-sources-source-keys-and-package.html which should be of some help.

By: Don Birdsall

Don Birdsall — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:16:54 +0000

Question. If I backup /etc/apt/sources.list then what happens to the associated “key” files? Don’t the repositories have to be re-authenticated? And if so, then how?

I would like to do a fresh install if only to upgrade my 32 bit installation to the 64 bit that my machine supports.
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New Gadgets | Ubuntu Karmic Koala - Clean Install vs Upgrade — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:20:02 +0000

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