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Re: how to download packages



On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 14:13, Jeff wrote:
> How can I download to cache all the installed packages that aren't
> already there?  apt-get with the -d option won't do it if the package
> is installed and up-to-date.  Is there a way to down load the debs
> based on my package selections?

Why do you want to do this?  Many packages conflict with one
another, like exim and postfix: you can't have both installed
at the same time.
Do you really want to create a mirror?  If you download the 1st
three (don't hold me to it) ISOs, then you'll have all of the 
i386 packages.

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