Installing packages upon installation automatically

Question

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.

possible duplicate of [How can I remove packages using preseed?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/54809/how-can-i-remove-packages-using-preseed) — user.dz, Sep 12 '15 at 09:09

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '15 at 20:00

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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

answered Sep 10 '15 at 20:00

Pilot6

`dpkg --list | sed -nre 's/^ii +([^ ]+)+ +.*/\1/p' > packages` - suggested addition. – Hannu Sep 12 '15 at 10:04

ChangosMuertos · Answer 2 · 2015-09-12T09:41:06.177

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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.

edited Sep 12 '15 at 09:41

answered Sep 10 '15 at 21:13

ChangosMuertos

Only real answer, lol poor sports shows your just sad – ChangosMuertos Sep 12 '15 at 19:05

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