dump a package list

[Arthur Pemberton]

Eric Persson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to dump a package list, and then take the list and use 
> as a package-list-template on a new server?
>
> I've thought about it and I'm unsure if the order of the packages on 
> the list would matter since, packages in the beginning might depend on 
> the ones at the end, and if so they would fail to install and give an 
> even messier dependency problem.
>
> Is a rpm -qa >package_list sufficient? How should I then proceed to 
> install the packages on the list?
>
>
> Best regards,
>     Eric
>
You may want to take a look at Kickstart (included with FC):
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/ch-kickstart2.html