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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