I backup my personal files regularly, but I don't feel the need to do it for the entire system. However, it would be useful to have a log of the packages I have installed when I restore my system. Is such a thing possible?
You can goto Software Center -> Installed
or in Terminal ->
apt list --installed
will show you what is installed on your system. Any with the [Automatic] are distro/system packages usually. just copy to a spreadsheet, filter those out and you should have a list of things installed by you this will also include dependencies for apps so you will see some things you might not recognize.
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In making backups, I use the command:
sudo dpkg -l | awk '/^ii/ { print $2 }' >package-list
to create a list in a .txt file directly in the home folder.
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It was a good learning experience. Thanks.
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