Re: Download once, apt-get install many?
On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 03:18:27AM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 29, 1999 at 08:06:39PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote:
>
> > and 15hrs per box. Since the -d downloads, can I take the files being
> > downloaded for box1, tar them up, copy and untar to box[234] and then
> > just "apt-get install" from the single downloads? I'd hate to spend
>
> Yes - you want to copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives about.
Also the contents of /var/state/apt/lists (the Packages files).
For installing those copied from another box, the -d wouldn't be
used, of course.
Bob
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