Re: /var/cache/apt/archives
Rob VanFleet wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 03:00:55PM -0500, Christopher W Aiken wrote:
> > I want to install Debian 2.2 to a second machine. I have
> > used "apt-get" to get and install a whole lot of stuff
> > (over 65MB of files) on my first machine. After I install
> > on my second machine can I copy "/var/cache/apr/archives" from
> > the first to my second machine and do a "dpkg -i *.deb" to
> > install all this info? Is there a better way? What
> > would be the "prefered way"?
Is it common for people to keep all the debs after they've been
installed. I always delete mine (or rather I allow dselect to do it).
If I kept all the debs that I've installed I think it would take up a
whole lot of disk space.
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Brian J. Stults
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University at Albany - SUNY
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