---
name: "aptitude-create-state-bundle"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "aptitude-common"
version: "0.8.13-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/aptitude-create-state-bundle"
---

# aptitude-create-state-bundle(1)

bundle the current aptitude state

## 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)](/aptitude-run-state-bundle/1.md).

## OPTIONS

- **--force-bzip2**

  Override the autodetection of which compression algorithm to use. By default, **aptitude-create-state-bundle** uses [**bzip2**(1)](/bzip2/1.md) if it is available, and [**gzip**(1)](/gzip/1.md) 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)](/bzip2/1.md) if it is available, and [**gzip**(1)](/gzip/1.md) 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)](/tar/1.md) file compressed with [**bzip2**(1)](/bzip2/1.md) or [**gzip**(1)](/gzip/1.md), with each of the input directory trees rooted at “.”.

## SEE ALSO

[**aptitude-run-state-bundle**(1)](/aptitude-run-state-bundle/1.md), [**aptitude**(8)](/aptitude/8.md), [**apt**(8)](/apt/8.md)

## 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.

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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.