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

[Tim Visher]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
> Mikael Gripenstedt wrote:
>> 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/
>>> http://five.sentenc.es/ - Spend less time on e-mail
>>
>> Hi Timmy,
>>
>> port list installed
>>
>> Will give you a list of installed software. Is this what you were
>> looking for?
>
> You actually want 'port installed' rather than 'port list installed',
> because 'port list' shows you the version in the index, which may not be
> the same as what's installed.
>
> - Josh
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Wow do I feel sheepish.  I can't believe I couldn't think to do that
all by me'lonesome... :\

Thanks a lot everyone!

-- 

In Christ,

Timmy V.

http://burningones.com/
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