-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My desktop debian system is at home with no available internet > connection. > > Work provides internet with no linux. > > is there any way to aquire .deb packages from the repository and take > them home on a usb for install/upgrade? > > I have poured through the pages with no luck. > > If your .deb files will fit on the USB stick, then you can just copy them (from /var/cache/apt/archives) to the stick then use dpkg to install them on the other machine.
If you're running Etch or Sid, could also use gdebi (gnome) or kpackage (kde) Both of those packages allow one to install .deb files by clicking on them. Good luck, Joe Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF/jhkiXBCVWpc5J4RAshBAKDOUUQW80Q3ReFOFM9g2FSMBTIsRwCeO+w2 0/1tUACnn/L7lfIVTXOk6Hs= =e/tY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
