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I've got a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, which I'd like to reinstall from scratch. However over time I've made many changes to the configuration (installed new packages, changed the name of the de...
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celtschk
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2021-05-22T07:56:48Z (over 3 years ago)
A word was missing
- I've got a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, which I'd like to reinstall from scratch. However over time I've made *many* changes to the configuration (installed new packages, changed the name of the default user, created a new user account, and probably a lot of things I tweaked but forgot about), and unfortunately I usually didn't think of documenting those changes.
- What would be the best strategy to figure out as many of those changes as possible before reinstallation, so I don't have to figure out them afterwards through things no longer working the way I want them?
- In particular, I'd be interested in the following things.
- * How does the list of packages differ from that in a fresh install?
- * Are there any changes to configuration files that were not done by package installation/update, and to which files?
Methods that work also on other Debian-based are preferred.- []()
- I've got a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, which I'd like to reinstall from scratch. However over time I've made *many* changes to the configuration (installed new packages, changed the name of the default user, created a new user account, and probably a lot of things I tweaked but forgot about), and unfortunately I usually didn't think of documenting those changes.
- What would be the best strategy to figure out as many of those changes as possible before reinstallation, so I don't have to figure out them afterwards through things no longer working the way I want them?
- In particular, I'd be interested in the following things.
- * How does the list of packages differ from that in a fresh install?
- * Are there any changes to configuration files that were not done by package installation/update, and to which files?
- Methods that work also on other Debian-based distributions are preferred.
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#2: Post edited
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celtschk
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2021-05-22T07:55:55Z (over 3 years ago)
Fixed a typo
I've got a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, which I'd like to reinstall from scratch. However over time I've made *many* changes top the configuration (installed new packages, changed the name of the default user, created a new user account, and probably a lot of things I tweaked but forgot about), and unfortunately I usually didn't think of documenting those changes.- What would be the best strategy to figure out as many of those changes as possible before reinstallation, so I don't have to figure out them afterwards through things no longer working the way I want them?
- In particular, I'd be interested in the following things.
- * How does the list of packages differ from that in a fresh install?
- * Are there any changes to configuration files that were not done by package installation/update, and to which files?
- Methods that work also on other Debian-based are preferred.
- I've got a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, which I'd like to reinstall from scratch. However over time I've made *many* changes to the configuration (installed new packages, changed the name of the default user, created a new user account, and probably a lot of things I tweaked but forgot about), and unfortunately I usually didn't think of documenting those changes.
- What would be the best strategy to figure out as many of those changes as possible before reinstallation, so I don't have to figure out them afterwards through things no longer working the way I want them?
- In particular, I'd be interested in the following things.
- * How does the list of packages differ from that in a fresh install?
- * Are there any changes to configuration files that were not done by package installation/update, and to which files?
- Methods that work also on other Debian-based are preferred.
- []()
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celtschk
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2021-05-22T07:54:43Z (over 3 years ago)
What is the best way to identify changes from the default configuration in Raspbian systems?
I've got a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, which I'd like to reinstall from scratch. However over time I've made *many* changes top the configuration (installed new packages, changed the name of the default user, created a new user account, and probably a lot of things I tweaked but forgot about), and unfortunately I usually didn't think of documenting those changes. What would be the best strategy to figure out as many of those changes as possible before reinstallation, so I don't have to figure out them afterwards through things no longer working the way I want them? In particular, I'd be interested in the following things. * How does the list of packages differ from that in a fresh install? * Are there any changes to configuration files that were not done by package installation/update, and to which files? Methods that work also on other Debian-based are preferred.