Re: yet another apt question

2001-08-16 Thread Guy Geens
> "Joerg" == Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joerg> Hi List Where does apt store the packages.gz files it Joerg> downloaded when doing apt-get update? My idea is to copy them Joerg> to another computer (which has no internet access) for doing a Joerg> dist-upgrade. Take a look at a

Re: yet another apt question

2001-08-13 Thread Willi Dyck
On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 03:40:11PM +0200, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > In sid, apt store the info in "/var/lib/apt/lists", don't remember for > potato... (something like "/var/state/apt/lists", but i could be wrong) Actually for potato they are in "/var/state/apt/lists". In woody and sid they are in

Re: yet another apt question

2001-08-13 Thread Joerg Johannes
"David Z. Maze" wrote: > > Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > JJ> NO, you misunderstood my question. I know what to do with the debs, once > JJ> I have them downloaded. I want to know how to tell the offline-box which > JJ> debs to use without doing apt-get update (because it's > JJ> imp

Re: yet another apt question

2001-08-13 Thread David Z. Maze
Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JJ> NO, you misunderstood my question. I know what to do with the debs, once JJ> I have them downloaded. I want to know how to tell the offline-box which JJ> debs to use without doing apt-get update (because it's JJ> impossible). You can just copy the pac

Re: yet another apt question

2001-08-13 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On 13 Aug 2001 13:32:48 +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Hi List > > Where does apt store the packages.gz files it downloaded when doing > apt-get update? > My idea is to copy them to another computer (which has no internet > access) for doing a dist-upgrade. I think all I need is an up-to-date > li

Re: yet another apt question

2001-08-13 Thread Joerg Johannes
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > use download only option for apt-get , debs are already compressed, then > transfer NO, you misunderstood my question. I know what to do with the debs, once I have them downloaded. I want to know how to tell the offline-box which debs to use without doing apt-get upda

Re: yet another apt question

2001-08-13 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
use download only option for apt-get , debs are already compressed, then transfer - Original Message - From: "Joerg Johannes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 7:32 AM Subject: yet another apt question > Hi List > > W

yet another apt question

2001-08-13 Thread Joerg Johannes
Hi List Where does apt store the packages.gz files it downloaded when doing apt-get update? My idea is to copy them to another computer (which has no internet access) for doing a dist-upgrade. I think all I need is an up-to-date list of available packages including their dependencies, and the new

Another apt question

1999-03-17 Thread Peter Weiss
Hello, now having managed the Hamm->Slink upgrade successfull and working with apt I got 2 questions: 1) What are these "kept" packages? Well the following pcmcia-modules package was set to hold but during the upgrade there were a few others in "Kept" state. How can a