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Re: Easy way to downalod .deb files?



On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 17:43, Grant Edwards wrote:
> 
> Is there a simple way to download .deb files from the archive?
> 
> I tried using "apt-get --download-only install foboar" (or
> someting like that, don't have a Debian system handy right
> now).  But, apt-get refused to download the package since it
> was already installed.  I don't want to install the package,
> just download it.


Perhaps apt-get --download-only --reinstall install foobar" works?

(Just guessing)

cheers
-- vbi

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