Minor correction below: On Thu, 29 Jan 2026, Davidson wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2026, fireoflegend@gmail.com wrote:
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“apt install --download only”
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will miss packages that are already installed right?
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DETAIL 1: I don't use "apt", don't know anything about it. I use apt-get, apt-cache, (and occasionally apt-mark). So above I have assumed we are talking about # apt-get --download-only install whatever which I would shorten to # apt-get -d install whatever and I would also add -V to improve legibility of the list of packages to be installed. Hence:
...to be DOWNLOADED. Not to be installed (because of option -d).
# apt-get -Vd install whatever