Generating a list of all installed software (or something like that).

Mikael Gripenstedt macports at truenix.net
Fri Dec 5 04:55:37 PST 2008


On Dec 5, 2008, at 13:16 , Tim Visher wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I'd be interested in generating a complete list of all software I have
> installed through MacPorts so that I don't have to back up my
> installation in case of a hard drive failure.  Basic use case would be
> that if my disk fails, I just download MacPorts again, and then run
> this script through it and after awhile I get my exact install back
> the way I had it n-days before the crash.  Any way to do this?
>
> This has been inspired by APTonCD's ability to generate a list of
> everything you've installed through apt for various purposes, if you
> want to know an analogue.
>
> --  
>
> In Christ,
>
> Timmy V.
>
> http://burningones.com/
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Hi Timmy,

port list installed

Will give you a list of installed software. Is this what you were  
looking for?

Mikael Gripenstedt
http://truenix.se - another way of doing IT!





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