on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 11:04:29AM -0600, MC_Vai (estoy@ver.megared.net.mx) wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to retrieve all packages from a given > repository (for a network installation). > > I've tried with: > % apt-get -d install '(.*)' You can't install everything. On a technical viewpoint: Some packages conflict with others. On an administrative viewpoint: less is more. You're better off with a minimal installation to which you add necessary packages, than with a global config, from a security, configuration, and maintenance viewpoint. You can add packages on an as-needed basis with $ apt-get install foo ...at any later date. > but it doesn't work because of the broken packages. > So my questions are: > > Is there any way to make apt-get ignore the broken > packages and continue retrieving all the other > pkgs in the repository? I think this may be what you're looking for. $ apt-get --fix-missing -a > Is there a better way to get all the packages from > a repository? See docs on mirroring Debian archives. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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