On 13 Aug 2001 13:32:48 +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Hi List > > Where does apt store the packages.gz files it downloaded when doing > apt-get update? > My idea is to copy them to another computer (which has no internet > access) for doing a dist-upgrade. I think all I need is an up-to-date > list of available packages including their dependencies, and the new > packages in /var/cache/apt/archives. Is this as easy as I hope? If no, > how can I uprgade a totally off-network box? >
In sid, apt store the info in "/var/lib/apt/lists", don't remember for potato... (something like "/var/state/apt/lists", but i could be wrong) Andrea
