Re: using /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
Quoting cls-colo spgs (pplaw@pcisys.net):
>
> i need to reinstall potato (after losing my pcmcia
> modem to a custom kernel).
>
> w/o having to "dselect" or "apt-get" over and over, is
> there a way for the system, with one "apt-get"
> command, to get and install the *.deb files in
> /var/cache/apt/archives?
What, do you mean the debs are on the machine already?
Then just dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*deb
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