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Re: wxWindows for GTK installation



On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 03:47:39PM +0100, Tim wrote:
> I'm installing wxWindows 2.4 over top of 2.2, using the .tar.bz2 file I
> downloaded (use this rather than apt-get as I often reinstall and use a
> dialup hence need to save downloaded updates).

To save dialup, and still do things the debian way, fetch apt-proxy, set 
apt-proxy to fetch from the remote servers, and set apt-get to fetch 
from the local apt-proxy.

Assuming you have the disk space (shouldn't be that large, since it only 
downloads and proxies packages you request), it should save your
bandwidth.

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