This page is where I got my answer: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_tips#Backing_up_and_retrieving_a_list_of_installed_packages There's a section on AUR/yaourt backup/restore at the bottom of that section, but I don't do much with Arch, so I can't say I've tried them. -Tim On July 13, 2015, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Hi Tim, > > I forgot to mention I have 107 packages installed from aur as > well. I used yaourt to install most of them and used makepkg for a > few in the beginning of this system's life. I am pretty sure aur/ > will appear to the left of those packages so I'll probably just > need to put a duplicate line for reinstallation using yaourt in the > script as was done with pacman to reinstall those aur packages. > > On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Tim Chase wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:08:57 > > From: Tim Chase <blinux.list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: archlinux: reinstall > > > > On July 13, 2015, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >> using archlinux, did you find out how to get a listing of all > >> software installed on a system? > > > > You should be able to use > > > > pacman -Qqen > installed_packages.txt > > > > you can the copy/move that file in a directory that you won't > > overwrite (such as your $HOME if it's on its own partition, or an > > external drive) > > > >> When I do a reinstall, I want to be able to have all packages > >> installed on the new system that were on the old system before > >> reinstallation. I may end up writing a script and have the > >> script do the post-installs for me before I do the reinstall. > > > > If you have the package-list generated above, you can use > > > > pacman -S $(< installed_packages.txt) > > > > to re-install the same packages that were previously installed. > > > > -tim > > > > > > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list