Hi Ian, On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 03:21:40PM +0100, Ian Hobson wrote: I've never used apt-clone but I am assuming that it creates an archive that contains your current /etc/apt/sources.list and some record of every package you have installed. If so then I suggest keeping a generic /etc/apt/sources.list that contains references to deb.debian.org (so will work anywhere), and make a script which: 1. Backs up /etc/apt/sources.list 2. Copies your generic sources.list over the top of /etc/apt/sources.list 3. Runs apt-clone 4. Puts your real sources.list back at /etc/apt/sources.list Personally I have a cron job that runs: # dpkg --get-selections \* > list_of_packages And another: # debconf-get-selections > list_of_settings This records all packages that are installed and the answers to all debconf questions (things asked by dpkg during package install) in case they ever need to be reinstalled on a clean system. Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting