On 29/01/13 08:53, Greg Madden wrote: That's for sure the best start. I prefer to do this at console (X closed) What can be done then is feed a line-separated package list to apt like this: for i in $( cat /path/to/package_list ); do apt -get -y --force-yes install $i; done A package list example used here (edit to suit): amarok-trinity ark-trinity gtk-qt-engine-trinity gwenview-trinity k3b-data-trinity k3b-trinity kaddressbook-trinity kaffeine-trinity karm-trinity kate-plugins-trinity kcalc-trinity kcoloredit-trinity kcron-trinity kde-i18n-engb-trinity kde-i18n-es-trinity kde-style-qtcurve-trinity kdeartwork-emoticons-trinity kdeartwork-misc-trinity kdeartwork-style-trinity kdeartwork-theme-icon-trinity kdeartwork-theme-window-trinity kdeartwork-trinity kdebase-kio-plugins-trinity kdebase-trinity kdelibs-data-trinity kdf-trinity kdiff3-trinity kdirstat-trinity kdm-trinity kget-trinity kghostview-trinity kicker-applets-trinity kio-locate-trinity kipi-plugins-trinity kmix-trinity knemo-trinity knotes-trinity konq-plugins-trinity konqueror-trinity konversation-trinity kooka-trinity korganizer-trinity kpdf-trinity kpowersave-trinity kregexpeditor-trinity kscreensaver-trinity kscreensaver-xsavers-trinity ksnapshot-trinity ksplash-engine-moodin-trinity ksvg-trinity ktorrent-trinity kuser-trinity kwin-style-crystal-trinity libkcddb1-trinity libtqt3-integration-trinity soundkonverter-trinity