ubuntu/debian package problem

[geoffrey mendelson]

Ok, I did something stupid. I have two similar ubuntu systems.  
Noticing that some packages I need are missing on one but not knowing  
which ones,
I did a list of them using:

dpkg --get-selections > installed-software

Then I used grep to weed out only the installed ones, and went to the  
other system and entered:
dpkg --set-selections < installed-software

Then I tried to do a dselect, which wants to delete several packages I  
really want to keep.
Is there any way to keep those packages? Or at least find out which  
ones are forcing removal of it, so I can deselect them?

Thanks in advance,

Geoff.


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