Re: apt-get on linux / download on NT
I believe there's a "APT Offline Howto" that is just what your looking
for. I can't seem to find it since my recent update that moved
documentation all over kingdom come. Search in the debian docs on
apt...
On 19 Jul, Joel Gautschi wrote:
| I want to do the following thing:
| I have a debian (slink) pc at home. Sometimes I want to update some packages
| or even the whole system - f.e. to a later debian dist. the problem is that
| I don't have a static connection to the internet (or sth like that) at home.
| My connection isn't fast enough if i want to upgrade to a later
| debain-dist... (-> it would cost a lot of money). the best solution would be
| if I could.... generate a list of the needed packages for upgrade on my
| linux pc at home (f.e. with apt-get). then I want to take this list to a NT
| workstation at firm (where we have a static internet connection) and
| download there the needed debian packages (automaticly with help of the
| generated list on my pc). any ideas how I can do that?
|
| regards
| Joel Gautschi
| aka J-freak / Carrots
| http://www.game-over.ch/
|
|
|
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Eric G. Miller
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