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Re: Apt-get, downloading a single package



On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 05:31:39PM -0500, Radek Zajkowski [Deb] wrote:
> What would like a command to apt-get look like if I wanted to download a
> single package.

Normally this is good enough:

 # apt-get -d install some-package

If really want to download a package, do it with "wget" or any console
based web browsers.  packages are under pool.  Read Debian FAQ for
details of the Debian archive.

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