Re: Getting the hang of APT....
Paul E Condon writes:
> [Apt-cache] operates as a kind of proxy between your computer and the
> Debian repository out on the internet. It keeps copies of all the
> packages that you download so that, if you want to download again in
> order to install on another computer, you already have a copy of the
> package preserved from the first download.
Apt maintains the cache. Apt-cache merely searches and manipulates it.
It does not require an Internet connection.
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John Hasler
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