Feature Request: Install a list of packages at once

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One thing I love about linux package managers is, that you can install a whole 
bunch of packages all at once. With Npackd it's easy to install many packages 
in a very short time, but I think it would be great if you could give it a list 
of packages to install.

This would also require that you can display a plain-text list of all packages 
that were installed with npackd. For example, these are the packages I've 
installed right now:

org.7-zip.SevenZIP64 org.7-zip.SevenZIPA com.google.Chrome org.eclipse.EclipseIDEJava64 com.github.bmatzelle.Gow hashcheck com.hdtune.hdtune com.oracle.JavaAutoUpdater com.oracle.JDK com.oracle.JDK64 com.oracle.JRE com.oracle.JRE64 meld com.googlecode.msysgit.MSysGit com.mysql.dev.MySQLWorkbench com.googlecode.windows-package-manager.Npackd64 com.googlecode.windows-package-manager.NpackdInstallerHelper com.googlecode.windows-package-manager.NpackdInstallerHelper com.googlecode.windows-package-manager.NpackdCL uk.org.greenend.chiark.sgtatham.Putty org.python.Python org.python.Python64 com.sourcetreeapp.SourceTree com.teamviewer.complete com.videolan.VLCMediaPlayer64 win32-disk-imager net.winscp.WinSCP

I used `npackdcl.exe list --status=installed --bare-format` and then stripped 
the package names. I also removed all packages beginning with msi.* because 
npackd can't install them, and com.microsoft.* because these were libraries 
that I either never installed actively or have been installed as a dependency.

There could be options similar to the settings-tab, where you can just copy-out 
or paste-in a package-list. The generated list should only contain packages 
which are installabe by Npackd.

I think it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to implement this and IMHO it 
would a very useful feature. Especially for people like me, who reinstall 
Windows twice a year.

This is just an idea of how I would do it (and maybe try to, if I find time). I 
hope it doesn't sound too demanding.

Later, you could get the list via HTTP and BAM! Npackd can now manage thousands 
of machines! :D

Original issue reported on code.google.com by FUrba...@gmail.com on 18 Jun 2014 at 3:16

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How about this: 
- go to http://npackd.appspot.com/package/new and create a new package "My Apps"
- create version 1 of this package by clicking on "New version"
- add dependencies on all the packages you listed above
- go to http://npackd.appspot.com/rep and get the address of your own repository
- install "My Apps 1"
=> all the dependencies will be installed

Original comment by tim.lebe...@gmail.com on 20 Jun 2014 at 8:06

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Original comment by tim.lebe...@gmail.com on 23 Jun 2014 at 6:30

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Original comment by tim.lebe...@gmail.com on 29 Jun 2014 at 10:55

• Changed state: WontFix