Re: auto-download deb files that are already installed

["Chuckk Hubbard" <badmuthahubbard@gmail.com>]

On 8/3/06, Wackojacko <wackojacko32@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> The first is a hack I use.  Copy the package files from
> /var/lib/apt/list and the contents files from /var/cache/apt/ from the
> desktop to the laptop and place the deb files in the
> /var/cache/apt/archives directory on the laptop and apt-get should find
> them as normal.  Also put the entries from the sources.list on the
> desktop onto the laptop and do 'apt-get update' this will fail because
> you dont have an internet connection and just use the list you copied over.

Cool, this worked.  There were about 30 debs I didn't have on my
desktop, and I made a list and ran aptitude download, as Florian
suggested, and got everything installed on the laptop.
Thanks guys.
-Chuckk