Re: apt-get -d is cool, but now to install them
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 05:33:43PM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> The apt-get --download-only is neat, but what about now later when you
> want to install them? No single command to then install all you've
> recently downloaded, without editing each history entry or scanning
> ctimes of files in /var/cache/apt/archives/?
I frequently use the -d option with, say, 'apt-get dist-upgrade' or
'apt-get install'. It can give you the opportunity to look at
changelog.Debian or any other part of a package before installing it.
To install a single package or group of packages simply use apt-get
without -d and it will get what is needed from /var/cache/apt/archives/.
However, if you have done an update of the package list in the meantime
any newer versions of the packages will be downloaded from your usual
sources and installed immediately.
Brian.
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