> -----Original Message----- > From: Mohapatra, Hemant [mailto:Hemant.Mohapatra@xxxxxxx] > Sent: 16 September 2006 08:29 PM > To: Mark Currie > Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Copying installed apps to other machines without > re-installing > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies- > > Subject: Re: Copying installed apps to other machines without re- > > installing > > > > On 04/03/03, Mark Currie <mark@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is it possible to simply copy installed applications > from one linux > > machine > to another (same linux version and machine > architecture) ? > > Or does > it > > have > > > the same problems as doing this on a Windows machine i.e. on > Windows > > app > > If it's an rpm, do it with the knowledge that you wont be > updating the rpm database on the target machine even if you > move all your files to it and put it in the right places. > Personally, I don't see why you cannot reinstall (the tar.gz > or .rpm) on the target if they are exactly the same. It'd be > a lot cleaner and easier to handle in the long run. If it's > just a standalone application, it's still O.K. but I'd try to > avoid doing this if it uses any libraries that aren't self contained. > Thanks for the advice. I am running Ubuntu (based on debian) but I did not explicitly use rpm to install. I installed the apps using the command "sudo apt-get <app name>". However, your note about rpm database is valid and I think that it may be the same on Ubuntu since there is a "add/remove programs" application that keeps track of what's installed. So maybe I will have to download them all again :-( If it kept the .tar.gz2 files somewhere then I wouldn't have a problem as I normally prefer to get my apps this way. This allows me to re-install them later or intall them on another machine without having to download again. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
