Re: apt

[Daniel Martin <Daniel.Martin@jhu.edu>]

Robert Kerr <kerrr@et.byu.edu> writes:

> Is there a way to make apt not delete the .deb files after it installs
> them?
> 
> -bob

I assume you mean when using apt from dselect; otherwise, apt doesn't
delete them automatically.

There's no easy way.  The non-easy way is to modify
/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/install and change the line which says:

apt-get clean && echo "Press enter to continue." && read RES && exit 0;

to:

(true || apt-get clean ) && echo "Press enter to continue." && \
    read RES && exit 0;

(Oh I suppose you could just remove the reference to apt-get clean
entirely and get something like
 echo "Press enter to continue." && read RES && exit 0;
but then how would you remember what you had done and how to undo it?)