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From: Albretch Mueller on 26 Nov 2009 10:00 ~ How do you make "apt-get update" save all files downloaded for an update in a certain directory and then what changes do you make in your source.list in order to get those files from your local directory? ~ lbrtchx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Jochen Schulz on 26 Nov 2009 10:30 Albretch Mueller: > ~ > How do you make "apt-get update" save all files downloaded for an > update in a certain directory You don't. The 'update' operation is not designed to do that. > and then what changes do you make in > your source.list in order to get those files from your local > directory? None. From what I guess, you actually just want to: # apt-get update # apt-get -d upgrade This stores all upgradeable package files in /var/cache/apt/archives, where apt will find them automatically if you later plan to install them. J. -- My drug of choice is self-pity. [Agree] [Disagree] <http://www.slowlydownward.com/NODATA/data_enter2.html>
From: Albretch Mueller on 26 Nov 2009 11:30 On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Jochen Schulz <ml(a)well-adjusted.de> wrote: > From what I guess, you actually just want to: > # apt-get update > # apt-get -d upgrade > This stores all upgradeable package files in /var/cache/apt/archives, what about the case in which you want to stash the downloaded files somewhere else? how can you do that? lbrtchx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Avi Greenbury on 26 Nov 2009 11:40 Albretch Mueller wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Jochen Schulz <ml(a)well-adjusted.de> > wrote: > > From what I guess, you actually just want to: > > > # apt-get update > > # apt-get -d upgrade > > > This stores all upgradeable package files > > in /var/cache/apt/archives, > > what about the case in which you want to stash the downloaded files > somewhere else? > man apt implies that apt-get -d -o Dir::Cache::Archives=/path/to/dir upgrade would work. -- Avi Greenbury http://aviswebsite.co.uk ;) http://aviswebsite.co.uk/asking-questions -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Celejar on 26 Nov 2009 15:30
On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:34:08 +0000 Avi Greenbury <avismailinglistaccount(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Albretch Mueller wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Jochen Schulz <ml(a)well-adjusted.de> > > wrote: > > > From what I guess, you actually just want to: > > > > > # apt-get update > > > # apt-get -d upgrade > > > > > This stores all upgradeable package files > > > in /var/cache/apt/archives, > > > > what about the case in which you want to stash the downloaded files > > somewhere else? > > > > man apt implies that > > apt-get -d -o Dir::Cache::Archives=/path/to/dir upgrade > > would work. The OP hasn't explained what he's really trying to do, but perhaps using an apt caching proxy might also be useful. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org |