On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 08:50:02AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> 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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> Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
>
> If that's not what you mean, ask your question again avoiding words
> like "similar" and "based on".I read the OP's question as "the total installed size including dependencies" -- assuming none of those dependencies has been installed before (ex nihilo, so to speak). While that question sounds reasonable, it is not -- do you count the base system, for exampla? That means "installed size" is /always/ relative to some "base installation". But perhaps my interpretation is wrong. Cheers -- tomás
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