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From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 13 May 2010 13:20 On Thursday 13 May 2010 12:07:34 Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > > Wolodja Wentland <wentland(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de> : > >> What is the optoin to pass to apt-get in order to make it just fetch > >> the .debs without installing them? > > > >It has already been pointed out that -d/--download-only is the correct > >option to pass to apt-get in order to keep apt-get from installing > >retrieved Debian packages. > > I have more bandwidth (1Mbps) at nitgh than during the day (256kbps). > I would like to launch a dist-upgrade, but I want it to happen face to > me. I'd rather pre-download the .debs and launch real dist-upgrade face > to face. /etc/cron.daily/apt can do a (apt-get update) and (apt-get -d dist-upgrade) daily for you if you'll set "APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists" and "APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages" in your /etc/apt/apt.conf(.d). You can set when /etc/cron.daily is processed in /etc/crontab. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss(a)iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
From: Sjoerd Hardeman on 13 May 2010 13:20 Op 13-05-10 19:07, Mihamina Rakotomandimby schreef: >> Wolodja Wentland <wentland(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de> : >>> What is the optoin to pass to apt-get in order to make it just fetch >>> the .debs without installing them? >> It has already been pointed out that -d/--download-only is the correct >> option to pass to apt-get in order to keep apt-get from installing >> retrieved Debian packages. >> You have not explained why you want to do this, > > I have more bandwidth (1Mbps) at nitgh than during the day (256kbps). > I would like to launch a dist-upgrade, but I want it to happen face to > me. I'd rather pre-download the .debs and launch real dist-upgrade face > to face. > > Thank you all for your indications. I already have all the needed > packages downloaded, I'll dist-upgrade tomorow. Have you ever thought about apticron? It finds updates and downloads them for you, but leaves the final updating to you.
From: Christopher Judd on 13 May 2010 13:40
On Thursday 13 May 2010 13:07:34 Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > > Wolodja Wentland <wentland(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de> : > >> What is the optoin to pass to apt-get in order to make it just fetch > >> the .debs without installing them? > > > >It has already been pointed out that -d/--download-only is the correct > >option to pass to apt-get in order to keep apt-get from installing > >retrieved Debian packages. > >You have not explained why you want to do this, > > I have more bandwidth (1Mbps) at nitgh than during the day (256kbps). > I would like to launch a dist-upgrade, but I want it to happen face to > me. I'd rather pre-download the .debs and launch real dist-upgrade face > to face. > ... I've used a cron job doing "aptitude -dy full-upgrade" at night to do this in similar circumstances. -Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Christopher Judd, Ph. D. | | Research Scientist III | | NYS Dept. of Health judd(a)wadsworth.org | | Wadsworth Center - ESP | | P. O. Box 509 518 486-7829 | | Albany, NY 12201-0509 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information which is, or may be, legally privileged or otherwise protected by law from further disclosure. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, please do not distribute, copy or use it or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201005131328.50808.judd(a)wadsworth.org |