[plug] Reinstalling debian

[Trevor Phillips]

Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:
>
> apt-get update
> dpkg --set-selections < /path/to/your/backup/dpkg.selections
> apt-get dselect-upgrade

Out of curiosity, if this is done on an existing system with extra junk, 
will it cull the packages down to the selections? ie; remove things NOT in 
the selections?

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