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Re: how to upgrade a debian system not connected to network



On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:42:47 +0530
"J.S.Sahambi" <jsahambi@iitg.ernet.in> wrote:

> I have a two debian/unstable systems (let us name them PC-A and PC-B).
> 
> Both have got different packages installed. PC-A is connected to 
> internet with 2 MBps link and so there is no problem in upgrading it 
> regularly.
> 
> PC-B is not connected to internet. So I whenever I need to upgrade the
> 
> system I download the 5 CD's of sid form 
> ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/sid/ ,
> burn then in RW-CDs and then upgrade the system.
> 
> I want to know is there any method by which I can download the
> packages requiring upgrade for the PC-B in PC-A (remember PC-A and
> PC-B have different list of installed packages!)?
> 
> If I can do that, I can copy the .deb files to 
> /var/cache/apt/archives of PC-B via a portable usb-dsik and execute
> apt-get upgrade.

It sounds like you want apt-zip. apt-cache show apt-zip for more
information. 

HTH,
Jacob

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