In <9ef66fac1002060513q7316011fvececd062063ad...@mail.gmail.com>, Albretch
Mueller wrote:
>~
> After taking snapshots of my file system before and after
>installations using apt-get, I noticed lots of files in:
>~
>/var/lib/dpkg/{info,alternatives,info, ...}
Right, that's where dpkg keeps information about installed packages. Which
files they own, their pre- and post- install and removal scripts,
alternatives, diversions, etc.
> relating to the files I installed, but those files I had grabbed
>locally like this:
>~
>_SL=<some partial local repo/directory>
>apt-get update -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=${_SL}
>apt-get install -y -V -o Dir::Etc::SourceList=${_SL} kate
>~
> dpkg does have an admindir option to set the temporary local cache
It's not a cache. It is the information dpkg needs to manipulate a package
during the time it is installed.
> and apt-get(8) does not say a thing about caching files at:
>~
> /var/lib/dpkg
It's not a cache.
> I am not using dpkg to any install packages, just to list installed
>packages a la:
Like Andrei covered, apt-get uses dpkg internally.
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