[PLUG] Debian package downloads.

Evan Heidtmann clydefrog at adnap.no-ip.com
Wed Oct 20 07:44:02 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 03:31, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> So, I've got a fairly straightforward but not totally simple apt
> arrangement here (with a tiny bit of pinning and a handful of sources) and
> I kind of want to rebuild my system for my own reasons.
> 
> Anyway, I thought it might minimize my down-time if I could just download
> all of my currently installed packages (my cache is empty at the moment)
> so the debs for those packages I choose to reinstall will be handy when it
> comes time to reinstall them.
> 
> Can anyone think of a simple way to do this?  I just want to walk down my
> list of installed packages and download them from their respective
> sources.
> 
> All suggestions welcome.

$ apt-get
[ ... ]
  -d  Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
[ ... ]

It seems you could just do this:

# apt-get -d install <packages>

I haven't tried it.

Evan





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