On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 02:00:41PM -0500, Bob Tanner wrote: > Any tools out there to create and maintain a central repository/list of > packages installed on debian systems? > > As we convert older Redhat boxes to Debian, I'm finding a need to know what > packages are installed on what systems. Logging into each box is a pita. > > Having a central repository/list would be great. > > Something that you could build report with would be even better :-) Here's a story that I saw via Debian Weekly News about a tool that a guy at google uses to do something similar. This probably isn't exactly what you want, but it might be helpful. http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1306281842;fp;16;fpid;0 and the tool itself: http://marc.merlins.org/linux/talks/getupdates/ and more about it here: http://www.jimohalloran.com/archives/000394.html -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list