On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 10:31:26 +0200, local10 wrote:
> Apr 12, 2025, 05:44 by cbr...@t-online.de:
>
> > You could grab the .deb files from snapshot.debian.org
>
> Thanks, I found Cromium files I needed there and copied them to
> "/var/cache/apt/archives/". I know I can install them with dpkg but can it be
> done with aptitude? Somehow aptitude doesn't see that the old version files
> are available locally.
I don't know about aptitude, but apt (or apt-get) can do it, if you
specify the path to the filename:
apt install /var/cache/apt/archives/chromium_*
The advantage of this over dpkg -i is that apt will install any needed
dependencies at the same time.
Personally, I might recommend that you keep the .deb file in some other
location, so that it doesn't get removed accidentally by an "apt clean"
or equivalent.
