│ └── maarten-baert_ubuntu_simplescreenrecorder.gpg~ │ ├── maarten-baert_ubuntu_simplescreenrecorder.gpg

│ │ ├── maarten-baert-ubuntu-simplescreenrecorder-vivid.list │ │ ├── anton_-ubuntu-dnscrypt-vivid.list It makes a simple gzipped tar file which can be easily edited and reviewed before restoring on the other machines.

Restore to newer release: sudo apt-clone restore-new-distro path-to/ $(lsb_release -sc) Restore backup sudo apt-clone restore path-to/ Make backup sudo apt-clone clone path-to/apt-clone-state-ubuntu-$(lsb_release -sr)-$(date +%F).tar.gz It allows to repack locally installed DEB files.

It keeps track of what packages were automatically installed.

It preserves all repositories information.

It is much better than the dpkg -get-selections solution because:

It can also save/restore no longer downloadable packages using dpkg-repack.ĪPT-Clone is used by ubiquity (Ubuntu installer) for upgrade process.

It will save/restore the packages, sources.list, keyring and.

This package can be used to clone/restore the packages on a apt based system.

Debian list installed packages