On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 21:35:24 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have woody on one machine and would like to upgrade to sarge. > > I have another machine [laptop, PCMCIA modem] that I upgraded from woody to > sarge. I did not delete the .deb files. > > Can I us the deb files on the laptop to upgrade the distribution on the > other machine? I reckon the software list is probably longer on the laptop > [ie. there probably won't be anything installed on the woody machine that > isn't on the laptop]. > > I'm assuming I could use ftp and move all the files then do it one at a > time. But could I amend sources.list and use "apt-get dist-upgrade"? >
Yeah, sure. Before copying the packages from the laptop to the desktop, you can use the command "apt-get auto-clean", this will keep only the newer packages in your cache. Now if you want to use the same apt sources list of the laptop, modify the /etc/apt/sources file of the desktop (or copy over the file of the laptop), copy the contents of /var/lib/apt/lists/ and you are done, you can use apt-get, or any other frontend for apt. If the desktop don't have a net connection, no problem, look in apt-doc packages for the "offline apt-get howto" (or a name like this =)... Andrea -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
