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On an apt / dpkg based Linux system, dump the list of installed packages in a file and select the same packages for installation, preferrably on a different system or version. Other than the usual recommendation `dpkg --get-selections` and `dpkg --set-selections` this keeps the information about automatic dependencies intact.

...In daily usage basis, this enables to avoid re-installing tens and tens of programs for no big reason (usually) and do it only when programs in repository has been updated. NB! It is not an official recommendation to do so as packages have their version number for a reason! I personally have been ignoring RPM versions for years and have not been into any trouble because of that. Usually you'd want to use the script as: sudo ./pkg_version-zypper.rb -f '<' -r -u But you can also take package versions into account: sudo ./pkg_version-zypper.rb -f '<' -r -u -p