=== jay is now known as Guest27110 [01:46] is this a safe place to learn ubuntu without having your intelligence insulted because your a noob and dont know your doing and trying to learn === kermiac_ is now known as kermiac === yofel_ is now known as yofel === pak33m is now known as pak33m|barcamp [21:16] Does any1 know if I can upgrade a 32bit version of ubuntu 2 64bit without doing a fresh install? (looking 4 a way so that I don't lose my programs) [21:18] cliffhanger: I think it is possible, but I won't bother with the effort. [21:21] cliffhanger: What are your programs? Packages you've installed? [21:28] I've installed a lot of packages... so i wont detail, basically had to waste a week getting the right packages to install on my machine to get audio and wlan, etc... some1 recommended I use dpkg or Synaptic and then later download them on another computer. how does this work? [21:31] is there any way to sort of make a list of all my installed packages so that it can download them all in another computer, or something similar?? This might help me... [21:32] cliffhanger: "dpkg --get-selections" does exactly that. [21:32] Well, that will output all the packages you have installed. [21:33] Thanks that's great, but how do I later download them? [21:33] To reinstall all the packages in that list, you just have to run: dpkg --selections < fileyousavedthelisttoo.txt and then run: sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade [21:35] cliffhanger: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReinstallingSamePackages [21:35] Thanks jpds, I'll go try it right now. [21:35] (You will need a net connection to redownload the packages). [21:38] jpds: There's so many that it won't display the whole list, it dosnt fit in the terminal apparently, it just shows from the M down to the Z packages. [21:40] cliffhanger: Try: dpkg --get-selections > installed_packages.txt [21:40] cliffhanger: That will put the output into a new file: installed_packages.txt [21:41] It worked! Thanks Again! === JanC_ is now known as JanC