Earlier this year, I built a new PC and it’s running Ubuntu. I’ve been installing various apps and configuring them since then. Now, I realize I don’t have any way of knowing what I would want to reinstall, if I (for instance) lost this drive somehow.

How do you keep track of what you’ve installed/ your favorite apps?

Separately, how can I backup the configurations I’m using right now.

Thanks!

  • @cleric_splashEnglish
    -1•11 months ago
    function pkglist -d "Gets list of installed packages"
  # Prevent descriptions in other languages
  set -l LANG C
  # Define pkglists location
  set -l dot $HOME/.config/dotfiles

  echo "(1/5) RPM-OSTREE status"
  rpm-ostree status > $dot/pkglist.rpm-ostree --booted

  echo "(2/5) Identify flatpaks"
  flatpak list --app --columns=application > $dot/pkglist.flatpak

  echo "(3/5) Identify pinned flatpak runtimes"
  flatpak pin > $dot/pkglist.flatpak.pinned

  echo "(4/5) Identify flatpak overrides"
  for i in (cat $dot/pkglist.flatpak)
      if test -s (flatpak override --show --user $i|psub)
	  echo $i
	  flatpak override --show --user $i
	  echo
      end
  end > $dot/pkglist.flatpak.overrides

  echo "(5/5) Save KDE configuration"
  fedora konsave -s kde_configuration --force

  # to apply configuration
  # fedora konsave -a kde_configuration

  git -C $dot st
end