On Fri 28 Jun 2019 at 08:04:43 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote:
> "apt-get install" will report the size of the new files to be
> installed when it asks for confirmation.
>
> I'm looking for something similar which will base its calculation
> *ONLY* on the contents of /var/lib/apt/lists/ {ignoring what is
> already on the current system}.
I thought it already did; I posted this here six days ago:
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
… … … …
9 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 52.5 MB/52.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 74.8 kB of additional disk space will be used.
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Cheers,
David.
