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How To Automatically Install Required Software After A Reinstall | MakeUseOf.com
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Anyone who has been using Windows for any length of time knows reinstalling it is unavoidable. Some people call technical help and some do it themselves. If you reinstall on your own, you know it takes a little time but the most annoying part of reinstalling Windows is that you have to reinstall all your software one by one all over again. Software like Firefox, Winamp, VLC and other indispensable programs that don’t ship with Windows.
rt by adding the applications you need to be installed, post-Windows installation. You must download the applications and save the setup inside the “WPI\Install” folder which can be found under the location where you extracted the contents of the
Windows Post-Install Wizard allows you to take care of such situations and automatically install all the software that you would like to install on a fresh install with a minimum of input.
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HOWTO Reinstall all of your current packages if you do a fresh Ubuntu install - Ubuntu Forums
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1057608
Save Synaptic markings, packages and sources when reinstalling Ubuntu.
HOWTO Reinstall all of your current packages if you do a fresh Ubuntu install Tutorials & Tips
dpkg --get-selections "*" > myselections
HOWTO Reinstall all of your current packages if you do a fresh Ubuntu install
# dpkg --get-selections "*" >myselections # or use \* # debconf-get-selections > debconfsel.tx