Jörg Sommer wrote: >> You can try 'aptitude download package[=version]'. > > Do I guess right that it's not possible with apt? Exactly this action - yes. Apt-get has '--download-only' option, but it will download all dependent packages as well as specified one. >>> No, apt should fail in the case it has to remove more packages than >>> given at the command line. The tool deborphan finds packages they >>> aren't needed. But it might get some things wrong and suggest packages >>> they are needed. Then the call “apt-get remove $(deborphan)” should fail. >> Ah, understood. Yes, such an option would be useful :) > > Should I send a whishlist bug report? Feel free to send if you want :) -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ Developer, Debian Maintainer, APT contributor
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