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How do you accurately reinstall Arch to the same operational point as before? I’ve wanted to reinstall but it feels like a large long tail to reinstall all the
by vlovich123 3y ago
How do you accurately reinstall Arch to the same operational point as before? I’ve wanted to reinstall but it feels like a large long tail to reinstall all the same applications and fix up all the config files to the right state that I want things (e.g. is there some way to list all the packages installed & feed it back during the installer?).
- walteweiss 3y agoYes, there is a way of restoring your packages. Arch has some decent wiki entries for this: - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/migrate_installation_to_new_hardware https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/migrate_installation_to_new... - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_from_existing_Linux https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_from_exi... Although, my way of work is quite different. I do keep a lot of notes about what I do. And when I need to reinstall my system (e.g. to a new laptop), I reconsider what I need. My Arch Desktop systems are very minimalistic. I use Arch on my laptops and servers. I use Fedora on my desktops, so it’s different from Arch. Usually, I don’t mess with Fedora, and treat it as I treat macOS. My way of working with Fedora or macOS is just to note what I need to change, in plain text with screenshots (when needed). As most of the changes are either in Settings app or just a couple of terminal strings. Also, I keep all my custom configs in a git repository. Usually, that system is called dotfiles.