Re: How to fetch a binary package given the package name

2010-07-25 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-26 05:57 +0200, Ron Johnson wrote: > And if you're into The Once And Future Apt, it's: > # apt-get -d install xserver-xorg-core=2:1.8.99.905-1 Seems you need to be root to do this, which is not the case for $ aptitude download xserver-xorg-core=2:1.8.99.905-1 Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: How to fetch a binary package given the package name

2010-07-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/25/2010 01:01 PM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2010-07-25 19:43 +0200, Malte Forkel wrote: I can use apt-get source[=version] to fetch and extract a source package, given its name (and optionally, its version). But is there any equivalent for binary packages? I.e., is there a tool that dow

Re: How to fetch a binary package given the package name

2010-07-25 Thread Malte Forkel
Am 25.07.2010 20:01, schrieb Sven Joachim: > Yes, aptitude can do that. Here's an example fetching the experimental > version of xserver-xorg-core: > > , > | % LANG=C aptitude download xserver-xorg-core=2:1.8.99.905-1 > | Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main xserver-xorg-core > 2

Re: How to fetch a binary package given the package name

2010-07-25 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-07-25 19:43 +0200, Malte Forkel wrote: > I can use >apt-get source [=version] > to fetch and extract a source package, given its name (and optionally, > its version). > > But is there any equivalent for binary packages? I.e., is there a tool > that downloads a binary package, given the

How to fetch a binary package given the package name

2010-07-25 Thread Malte Forkel
I can use apt-get source [=version] to fetch and extract a source package, given its name (and optionally, its version). But is there any equivalent for binary packages? I.e., is there a tool that downloads a binary package, given the package's name (and optionally its version)? Thanks, Malte