On 22/06/2022 18:04, Person the human wrote:
I just want to get everyone's opinion on this before I request it from the developers or possibly try to add it myself.Would it be nice if it was possible to pass a URL to 'apt install' so that a package could be installed without first downloading its .deb file? I think it's good because it can save time and prevent unneeded damage to SSDs. Even if you don't have any info to add, please let me know what you think.
Our cousins Ubuntu already have this capability since 7.10: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AptUrl
The fact that this functionality has been available for ~15 years but hasn't made it upstream into Debian suggests that Debian is not interested in such functionality.
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