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Javier López
Asked: 2015-09-11 11:51:38 +0800 CST

Installing packages upon installation automatically

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I commonly install/remove a bunch of software after installing Ubuntu, I wonder about the methods to automate it.

Is anything like /etc/apt/packages where I could define which packages I want?

Pressed configuration files work on initial setup, however I'd like it to work regardless of the status of the system.

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  1. Best Answer

    You can use any file for that. Just create a file packages in your home folder. List there all the needed packages and install them by

    cat packages | xargs sudo apt-get install

    or

    xargs -a packages sudo apt-get install

    The same way you can remove or purge a list of packages.

    The list may look like

    vlc
ubuntu-restricted-extras
mc
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  2. You can use a kickstart script and pxe boot with puppet and it will be completely configured auto-magically on first boot. Completely hands off.

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