Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > Is there a piece of code out there that would allow me to make a > mirror of a single package -- in my case 'libgtk2.0-dev' -- which > will also pull all its dependencies. I want to avoid downloading > the entire iso images and I don't have a network at home. I think perhaps you are wanting the 'apt-zip' package. apt-cache show apt-zip These scripts simplify the process of using dselect and apt on a non-networked Debian box, using removable media like ZIP floppies. One generates a `fetch' script (supporting backends such as wget and lftp, in a modular, extensible way) to be run on a host with better connectivity, check space constraints of your removable media, and then install the package on your Debian box. > I want a simple situation where I would do 'apt-cdrom add'. > The reason is that I'm trying to run this package (sarge's) on hoary > but it is uninstallable. So I would like to download the hoary > version. Help!!! Basically Ubuntu and Debian have become two different distros and are not completely interchangable. This is creating a lot of discussion among the various maintainers. I have learned a few new words in my vocabulary from reading the discussion. :-) Actually the discussion is fairly civil. A lot of it is on debian-devel for the curious. By mixing distros you are bound to run into problems. if you need to port a package to your system it would be better to download the source and rebuild it on your system. Bob
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