Take a look at debsums to find changed files.  As to new files...

(for i in `dpkg --get-selections | cut -f1`; do dpkg -L $i; done;)  | sort |
uniq

will get a list of files.

find can be used (ie: find / | sort ) to get a list, then you could use diff
to figure out whats different between the two files.  A regular expression
grep could be used to figure out just the additions or subtractions between
the two files.

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Jeremy <tclug at lizakowski.com> wrote:

>
> How can I find all the files which are not in packages in ubuntu?
>
> I'm doing some backups, and want to only back up my data, not parts of the
> OS.
> I think I can just backup /home and /etc, but I want to make sure I didn't
> miss anything.  I'm also curious about the results.
>
> I googled it, and found a solution for redhat/rpm:
>   rpmfind --unknown
>
> What would be the apt equivalent?  Pun intended.
>
>
> Jeremy
>
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