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I have been thinking of writing some sort of utility for linux that keeps track of all my installed software and configuration. Something that after doing a fresh install I can just run it and will restore my copy of ubuntu as it used to be before doing the fresh install.

I do not know exactly where to start with this. I know that you can get a list of user installed software from dpkg -i | grep ii.

I would really appreciate any suggestions.

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    It's easiest to just save $HOME. Programmers do not have to follow standards, and even if they did, which standard? ~./config, ~/.local ... and inside that if KDE/Qt (& version 3/4/5), likewise gtk-2/3/4 can each have their own folders. People use apps from different desktops, plus 'forked' apps often change a local so people can have say caja & nautilus (of which caja was forked) & keep different configs for each, thus the location is slightly different... Saving your $HOME is just easier, though directories like I mentioned would be my starting point.
    – guiverc
    Mar 23, 2019 at 8:14
  • Possible duplicate: askubuntu.com/questions/955772/…
    – DK Bose
    Mar 23, 2019 at 10:51

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