Re: Non-debian tools for fetching DEB packages?

[Joe Emenaker <joe@emenaker.com>]

Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> You may also find that you have wget which you can use to get the DEBs
> (via either ftp or http).
>   
Even wget is missing. When they say it downloads just the essential 
files... I guess they really mean it.
> I'm curious, however.  What is the advantage to using debtakeover and
> debootstrap instead of a regular install to that partition?
>   
You mean... *besides* the fact that I have no physical access to the 
machine and have no way of accessing with the drives *other* than by an 
ssh session into the (currently Fedora) box? No reason, really. :)

- Joe

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