addition to make debian restores faster

restore.deb.bash

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ function restore_config() {
   if [ -f ./exclusions ]; then
   exclusions # this runs exclusions
   fi
+  mkfast_deb # speed up this process
+
   # Novel idea but not good for errors: apt install -y $(cat $aptpkgfile | awk '{print $1}')
   apt install -y $(cat $aptpkgfile | awk '{print $1}')
   # check for error

restore.lib.bash

@@ -9,3 +9,12 @@ function exclusions () {
     grep -vf exclusions installed_packages.orig  > installed_packages
 
 }
+
+function mkfast_deb () {
+    
+    # we must check for packages already installed so we don't waste time reinstalling them
+
+    dpkg --get-selections > installed_packages_fast
+    grep -vf installed_packages_fast installed_packages > installed_packages
+    
+}