Umarks 2 is Backup and restore Ubuntu installed packages on multiple machines, on a single machine after a clean install of Ubuntu or to restore a previous selection of packages.

People sometimes have to do a reinstall of their Ubuntu system for various reasons (been playing/experimenting with configuration/drivers/other packages or just because something is badly broken) but remembering all the extra packages you have installed can be a chore - but here is the simple solution...

While working on the instructions for compiling MonoDevelop from source, I relied heavily on the dpkg and apt-cache commands to tell me what was already installed vs what packages were available in the repository. After completing that article it occurred to me that I should explain how to show what packages are currently installed… so here we are.

Ubuntu offers a lot of fonts, in addition to the defaults installed, and the Microsoft msttcorefonts package, in its repositories. All these fonts mentioned here are provided as packages, which can easily installed using command line tools like apt-get or using Synaptic.

If you are using an OS based on the Synaptic Package Manager, you must have noticed by now that when trying to install a new package through Synaptic, it draws in miscellaneous packages that are needed for the program to work. These packages are called dependencies.

Today I installed a brand new sparkling Xubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, on my damn old crappy notebook. Additionally, not in a dual boot mode, but on the entire disk, getting rid of the Windows XP OEM pre-installed permanently for good. I can proudly say that Xubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron has finally landed in my life.

In this tutorial I'm going to show how to list the installed packages on a Debian based operating system, (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Sidux, CrunchBang, etc.) I got this gem of a command line one-liner from the Sidux website.

This short guide shows two methods of recording all your installed .deb packages in a text file that you can then use on another computer to install the same packages there. This is useful if you want to install the same set of packages on more than one computer.

I recently installed Windows 7 on my laptop which already had ubuntu remix installed in it.The problem i faced was, the GRUB was lost. But i had trouble getting your GRUB boot loader since the process of restoring GRUB has changed.Follow these instructions to restore your GRUB.