* Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030131 07:38]: > Lars Jensen wrote: > > How do I re-download copies installed .deb packages that are already on > > my system? apt-get won't download a package that is already installed. > > apt-get install --reinstall <packagename> > (It'll use the cached .deb's in /var/cache/apt/archives when it finds > it, though)
The above will re-install the package, which I guess is not what you want. Also, note that it will down load the _latest_ version. If you are happy with getting the latest version of each package, try something like the following: apt-get install --reinstall --download-only `dpkg --get-selections \ | grep '\<install\>' | cut -f1` (untested, beware of typos) You may run into problems with the above, since ou may have packages installed that no longer have available versions. In this case: dpkg --get-selections | grep '\<install\> | cut -f1 | sort > pkg.txt then apt-get install --reinstall --download-only `cat pkg.txt` then if apt-get complains about some package being "unistallable", edit pkg.txt and delete the line with the offending package. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Hastings _ \_\ Phone: +81 298 64 5200, ext 2429 Belle Group, KEK, /_/ ((((_)O: Fax: +81 298 64 5340 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba-shi, :O(_)))) /_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ibaraki-ken 305-0801, Japan\_\ http://epp.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~hastings -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
