# aptitude-create-state-bundle - bundle the current aptitude state - man(1) - [phpMan]

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## NAME
       aptitude-create-state-bundle - bundle the current aptitude state

## SYNOPSIS


       **aptitude-create-state-bundle **[<_options_>...] <_output-file_>

## DESCRIPTION
           **Note**

           This command is mostly for internal use and bug reporting in exceptional cases, it is not
           intended for end-users under normal circumstances.

       **aptitude-create-state-bundle **produces a compressed archive storing the files that are
       required to replicate the current package archive state. The following files and directories
       are included in the bundle:

       •   **$HOME**/.aptitude

       •   /var/lib/aptitude

       •   /var/lib/apt

       •   /var/cache/apt/*.bin

       •   /etc/apt

       •   /var/lib/dpkg/status

       The output of this program can be used as an argument to [**aptitude-run-state-bundle**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/aptitude-run-state-bundle/1/markdown).

## OPTIONS
### --force-bzip2
           Override the autodetection of which compression algorithm to use. By default,
           **aptitude-create-state-bundle **uses [**bzip2**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/bzip2/1/markdown) if it is available, and [**gzip**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gzip/1/markdown) otherwise.
           Passing this option forces the use of **bzip2 **even if it doesn't appear to be available.

### --force-gzip
           Override the autodetection of which compression algorithm to use. By default,
           **aptitude-create-state-bundle **uses [**bzip2**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/bzip2/1/markdown) if it is available, and [**gzip**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gzip/1/markdown) otherwise.
           Passing this option forces the use of **gzip **even if **bzip2 **is available.

### --help
           Print a brief usage message, then exit.

### --print-inputs
           Instead of creating a bundle, display a list of the files and directories that the
           program would include if it generated a bundle.

## FILE FORMAT
       The bundle file is simply a [**tar**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tar/1/markdown) file compressed with [**bzip2**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/bzip2/1/markdown) or [**gzip**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gzip/1/markdown), with each of the
       input directory trees rooted at “.”.

## SEE ALSO
       [**aptitude-run-state-bundle**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/aptitude-run-state-bundle/1/markdown), [**aptitude**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/aptitude/8/markdown), [**apt**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apt/8/markdown)

## AUTHORS
       **Daniel Burrows **<<dburrows@debian.org>>
           Main author of the document.

       **Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo **<<mafm@debian.org>>
           Main maintainer after Daniel Burrows, documentation about new features, corrections and
           formatting.

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007 Daniel Burrows.

       This manual page is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
       of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
       without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
       the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if
       not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
       02110-1301 USA.


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