On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 15:10:59 +0100, Merlin Büge wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 11:42:24 +0000, Spencer Collyer wrote: > > My initial idea was something like the following: > > > > 1) Install a basic Arch system on the new computer > > 2) Get the list of installed packages from the old computer (I think > > there is a way to do this using Pacman?) 3) Somehow get Pacman to > > install the same list of packages on the new computer. > > For 2) and 3) see 2.5 and 2.6 here: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks > > > > 4) Tidy up any > > config files that need changing - e.g. for the aforementioned IP > > address / computer name stuff. > > To list modified config files, you can use: > > pacman -Qii | awk '/^MODIFIED/ {print $2}' > > Besides the network config, hostname and UUIDs probably also change, > so watch out for that e.g. in custom backup scripts etc. > > You may also want to check/migrate all unowned files (not tracked by > the package manager): > > pacreport --unowned-files > > > > 5) Copy over my /home directory > > If you have the time and care, instead of copying the entire /home, > you could manually copy the contents and decide what you want to > keep. You may want to omit ~/.cache and some configuration dotfiles > in ~ or ~/.config that you don't need anymore. > > > I would also keep the old drive around for some time in case you > notice that you forgot something... > > > Good luck! > > > > Thanks for the input Merlin. Some good stuff there that I wasn't aware of before - I really need to look more into what pacman and related systems can do. The old computer will definitely be kept around for some time while I get comfortable with the new one. Regards, Spencer
