How To Migrate Linux Between Machines

There is an excellent article here: www.makeuseof.com/…en-machines

• Create package list: dpkg --get-selections > ~/packagelist.txt
• Mark packages for reinstallation on new system dpkg --set-selections < ~/packagelist.txt
  • This will mark all packages, but it won’t install them until you run:
• apt-get -u dselect-upgrade