# How to backup addons

**URL:** <https://community.ipfire.org/t/how-to-backup-addons/4846>\
**Category:** Add-Ons\
**Created:** [12 March 2021 17:10 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/how-to-backup-addons/4846 "2021-03-12T17:10:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![redneckmother](https://community.ipfire.org/user_avatar/community.ipfire.org/redneckmother/32/12675_2.png) [@redneckmother](https://community.ipfire.org/u/redneckmother)\
**Post date:** [13 March 2021 02:36 UTC](https://community.ipfire.org/t/how-to-backup-addons/4846/9 "2021-03-13T02:36:58Z")

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Here’s a quick-and-dirty script I use:

```auto
#!/bin/sh
# "list-addons"
# prints a text list of installed addons, in order of installation, and
# redirects the output to ~/addons.txt`

ls -tr /opt/pakfire/db/installed | \
sed '1,$s/meta-//' | grep -v "core-upgrade" > ~/addons.txt

```

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