Re: How to fetch a binary package given the package name

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Subject: Re: How to fetch a binary package given the package name
From: Malte Forkel <malte.forkel@berlin.de>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:03:29 +0200
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Am 25.07.2010 20:01, schrieb Sven Joachim:
> Yes, aptitude can do that.  Here's an example fetching the experimental
> version of xserver-xorg-core:
> 
> ,----
> | % LANG=C aptitude download xserver-xorg-core=2:1.8.99.905-1
> | Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main xserver-xorg-core 2:1.8.99.905-1 [1530kB]
> | Fetched 1530kB in 1s (1119kB/s)            
> `----
> 
> You can also use the "-t <suite>" switch to get a package from a given
> suite. 
> 

Thanks, Sven. Just what I was looking for!

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