I'm wondering if there is a way that I can "reuse" deb files on another machine. Let me explain more clearly:
If, for example, I do "apt-get install mmv", the package mmv_1.01b-12.2_i386.deb will be downloaded into directory /var/cache/apt/archives/ and then installed. That's fine, but I have several computers running Debian. Let's say I copy this deb file onto another machine, also to directory /var/cache/apt/archives/ and then reissue the command "apt-get install mmv". What happens is that the deb file is ignored and the file gets downloaded again, and then installed. Is there a way I can avoid the necessity for downloading the same file again for every machine? The only way I can figure to do this is to burn the deb files onto a CDROM and issue a "apt-cdrom -d /cdrom add" to add the CDROM to /etc/apt/sources.list. This is kind of a kludge. I'm familiar with OpenBSD and FreeBSD, and with those OS's, any packages or ports you download can also be copied to other machines and installed directly. I'm just wondering if there is a way to do this with Debian? thanks in advance, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
