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Re: Apt-get, downloading a single package



On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 16:57, Kent West wrote:
> Radek Zajkowski [Deb] wrote:
> 
> >What would like a command to apt-get look like if I wanted to download a
> >single package.
> >
> >Thanks. 
> >
> >R>
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> apt-get install single_package

Let's be a bit more verbose:
# apt-get -s -u install <package_name>

The "-s" is for "simulate", so after you are happy with the action,
and that it won't remove something that you really want, then run it
w/o the "-s".

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