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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