Re: .deb files arch independant?
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 02:24:38PM -0600, Eric Scott wrote:
> What I want to know is if I can plug in the x86 disks and install
> software from them, so I don't have to spend all day downloading stuff
> for the Mac. So: Are .deb packages arch independant? I gather so, just
Um, hell no. Source packages are; binaries aren't.
But you don't have to download everything. Just download a netinst cd
(about 200MB) and install the rest over the net. Make sure you save the
debs in /var/cache/apt/archives so you don't have to download them
again.
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