Re: dselect
On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 22:16, Rich Rudnick wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 21:00, Asura wrote:
> >
I hate replying to myself, but after reading David Maze's last post I
realized I forgot something important :\
> If I understand correctly, what might work for you is a three step
> process I have used occasionally.
>
> First, ssh in and select the packages you wish with dselect. Exit
> dselect.
>
> Second, use apt-get dselect-upgrade in download only mode (apt-get
> dselect-upgrade -d). At this point, you can hang up and go play, while
> your work machine downloads the packages.
do this as an "at" job, set for a few minutes in the future, and you can
log off.
>
> Third, Sunday night sometime, ssh in again, and run dselect. Go straight
> to install, and since the packages are already downloaded and will be
> installed from your cache, only a few minutes effort will complete the
> installation.
>
> I hope this is what you're looking for.
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