http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:45:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-get-list-installed-software-reinstallation-restore.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-get-list-installed-software-reinstallation-restore.html#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:48:19 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-get-list-installed-software-reinstallation-restore.html Hardware and software failures are part of life. And that is why you need to have a backup plan. I have already written about backing up files and MySQL databases. There is no need to backup all installed binaries and software programs. The following tip will not just save your time, but both Debian and RHEL based distro can be updated instantly. ]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-get-list-installed-software-reinstallation-restore.html/feed 48