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Re: New install setup

Heh, probably more ways to do that than I care to imagine  .. easiest mechanism that springs to mind;Code Select Expandvi packages# enter names of packages, hit return after each one# :wq to quit editorapt install `cat packages`So "cat packag...
Heh, probably more ways to do that than I care to imagine :) .. easiest mechanism that springs to mind;
vi packages
# enter names of packages, hit return after each one
# :wq to quit editor
apt install `cat packages`

So "cat packages" is "copy-at-terminal", or just output the contents. The "ticks" around `cat packages` are actually "backticks", which mean evaluate the contained command .. so apt install followed by an evaluation of "cat packages" would equate to "apt install package1 package...